Potential new salon junior selling Arbonne

[Gee]

Hi Geeks,

I rent a room in a hairdressers, I've been there for just over 2 years.

The salon is looking for a new hair apprentice/salon junior.

Yesterday the owner was showing me a few of the candidates, one of which is a woman that sells Arbonne. She has started NVQ 2 in Beauty Therapy this year too.

I'm worried that she will be wanting to use the salon as a selling area for her Arbonne products. [emoji53]

I've recently invested a lot of money in a professional skincare brand and feel that if she starts at the salon she'll be promoting her other business with potential clients. She will be spending more time with these people than I do as I'm always working upstairs away from the shop floor.

I don't want to sound like I'm whinging to the salon owner or that I'm trying to prevent someone from carrying out their own business. I just don't know what to say to her.

I noticed on this woman's Facebook a post that basically said 'stop having eyelash extensions because they ruin your natural lashes, use this amazing lash lengthening and conditioning mascara instead' My main income is from lashes and I've spent a lot of money training in Volume lashes. Someone with this kind of attitude could potentially harm my business.

I live in a smallish town with lots of Salons, it's hard building up a clientele as it is, I'm currently at my busiest that I've been since starting at the salon and would like to keep it that way.

Any suggestions on what I could say to the salon owner? I don't really know enough about MLM products or Arbonne other than they are not a professional use brand and that they rely mostly on recruiting.

Thanks, Sarah X

 

[AcidPerm]

I think you should mention it to the owner.
Do you know if the owner is very proactive about her staff retailing products? Commission on reaching targets etc?

If I was the owner, I would expect the salon employees to be retailing salon products to the clients. If I discovered that an employee was using MY clients to flog her Arbonne, AloeVera,Forever living crap too, I'd take a very dim view and she'd be on a formal warning.

Also, as a client, if I had chosen specifically to get my lashes done, I would have made that decision knowing that no mascara can replicate a professional lash service, so I wouldn't worry too much about that. Even if they bought her cheap mascara, they'd soon spot the difference.

 

[sallysally]

I as usual will prob cause offence on here with my harsh opinions buy I am with AcidPerm on this one.I wouldn't touch any of these girls who are flogging arbonne,forever living or younique with a barge pole. It's complete pyramid selling nothing else and they are that brainwashed by it all their sales will be no one priority.maybe joining a beauty salon is a stepping stone for her to get lots of sales under her belt? I even know one girl who has just started selling arbonne and now is calling herself a Beauty therapist ! AVOID!

 

[Gee]

Thanks for your replies.

I was going to mention it today whilst at work but the Arbonne woman came for an interview, she is at college on a Friday, which is of course our busiest day. So thankfully she won't be starting.

You're right about the mascara thing too AcidPerm, I was just having a panic this morning. [emoji4]

SallySally I think she was probably hoping to get more sales by working in a salon, I suppose for them it would be the ideal place! To sell and recruit! [emoji21]

These MLM things have been around for years haven't they but it seems like everyone is selling it now, so annoying!

 

[Renny]

Gee,
I can give you a different perspective. As myself, someone who does have a side MLM business that is thriving, I would never even think of bringing competitive products into my work place. A lot of people lately have gotten big into the MLM's because they don't want to work behind a desk for 40+ years.. For me honestly it's to help me be a SAHM when we decide to have children.. But again there is a time and place to sell my products..

 

[Pollypocket85]

I have a lady who I used to go to school with who keeps asking to book in for a pedicure and to have a 'chat' about her Forever Living products. She wants to try and incorporate them in to my beauty business. So far I've managed to push her away but i'm finding it a tad annoying as I have no interest in her crap.

 

[squidgernetball]

Imagine if you were a client and someone was trying to sell you arbonne tat? I'd be furious. Abs as a salon owner I'd be even more furious if my junior was trying to sell products from outside my salon.

If she gets the job have a quiet word with the manager. The manager has a vested interest in your business succeeding or she won't get rent.

Good luck

Vic x

 

[Gee]

She didn't get the job, thankfully

There is a local salon here that uses wraps and other products from FL, apparently doing really well.

I just can't understand why a salon owner would take products on that can be bought and used by anyone. It's like a hair salon using shop bought hair colours and expecting to still have customers?! Crazy.

 

[krum]

Yeah keep away. If someone can't see that they are pyramid schemes then honestly they aren't smart enough for the real workplace. The prevalence of these scams is getting ridiculous! I know they target us but it's easy to not do it.
They sell jobs not products so she'll be trying to recruit your customers!

 

[Minkeybox]

Id be inclined to have a chat with the salon owner anyway. I know this particular girl didn't get the job, but it would be a good time to bring it up to stop it happening in future. These MLM companies are so common now days the situation may very well crop up again and it will stop the worry before it starts <3

Ps, I blooming HATE them too! but I have friends that sell the products and haven't dreamed of trying to recruit me thankfully lol xx