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Switched my barbershop from flat price to chair rent and the math was not close
I run a small two chair shop in Boise and for 4 years I paid my second barber a flat $700 a week no matter what. Back in March we switched him to chair rent, $250 a week plus he keeps his own tips and card fees. His take home went up about $400 a week and my monthly costs went down by $1,800, mostly because I stopped covering his slow Tuesdays and his no shows. What surprised me is he actually shows up earlier now and pushes retail on his own clients. The flat rate made me the one carrying all the risk while he had zero reason to fill the book. Curious if other small shop owners here have gone the rent route and whether it held up after the first slow season.
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jamesm4824d ago
Did you also spend the first month after switching checking your math like a guy who just did his own taxes with a crayon? I went chair rent at my one chair shop two years ago and had the same "wait, this can't be right" moment, except I was the one renting, not the owner. My old boss kept me on flat pay and I'll admit I coasted hard on slow days, showed up late, let the walk-ins sit. Once I was on rent, suddenly every empty chair felt like rent money burning, so I started texting my regulars on Mondays to fill Tuesdays. The slow season is the real test though. I'd keep a few weeks of his rent in a cushion just in case he panics in January and bolts. Has your guy hit a rough month yet, or is it still the honeymoon phase?
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