From the pit of your stomach
March 18, 2008 – 8:06 pmGetting tired and hurting for something to write about today . . .
We had guest speakers from HairMasters come and talk to the class today. It got me thinking a bit about where I want to take this career I am building. See, HairMasters is a division of Regis hair salons and I am a little amazed that even the hair industry can be corporated. Part of me can see the good in it - the hourly wages or the comission based pay, the financial backing of a large company to pay for the little things. But the other part of me could feel that cold tingling feeling of dread washing over me - corporate means micromanaging and micromanaging is exactly what I am trying to get away from in a career like this.
I shouldn’t think about it too hard right now. I need to focus more on learning and perfecting my skills before I freak myself out about never getting away from huge corporations who don’t know or care about your name. I should mention that I don’t specifically know if HairMasters or Regis is that way and I am not trying to bad mouth either company. I just know my prior experiences with incorporated companies and there is a nagging feeling I don’t particularly right now.
But I did do a bit of searching online tonight, looking up various salons here in Vancouver and was once again comforted to see that there are just as many unincorporated salons out there. The day will come . . . but that is not today or tomorrow or even next month.
In other news - I did my first root touch up and dye job today. A classmate of mine wanted to bleach her roots and then take her fading pink hair to a new level of magenta. I’ll have to take a picture of it tomorrow. It looks awesome.
