Massage Envy sales associate help

[klkruft_us]

So I'm currently in school for massage and thought that it might be a great idea to get a job working at Massage Envy as a sales associate as I finish my studies. I've heard they don't treat thier therapists so great. Does this sound like a bad idea?

 

[This is my avatar]

Here's 2 threads on Massage Envy that will give you 17 pages of opinions:

http://www.massageplanet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2808
http://www.massageplanet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4576

 

[mar00n]

Those threads should pretty much sum it up, but if some people need to see and know things for themselves before it really sinks in (I can be one of those ppl sometimes myself) I figure if you're one of those ppl too, go ahead and work as a sales associate at the location(s) you'd be most likely to consider working at when you graduate to see what it's really like. This would give you a chance to have a rare look behind the scenes before they burn you out and destroy your spirit as a massage therapist (Not meant to be taken as sarcastic toward you--the sarcasm was meant specifically toward M.E.)

Hugs,
~Jyoti

 

[D T]

If you want to learn about how ME or some other business does its work, get a job there, or try to do an internship.

Our business recently became the first of our kind (in our area) to have a student intern from a local massage school. We worked with the student's school to develop expectation, roles and responsibilities, and a shared vision of what she would (hopefully) learn about. We let our student intern learn about nearly every aspect of the business, with no expectations about whether she will ever actually work for us.

We like helping student MTs learn about the field, and it was a lot of fun to go through the process with her. The school has been so happy with the results that we are now on their "A-list" of internship placement sites for qualified students, and we expect to have more of their students come in this fall. If all goes well, we hope to set up similar arrangements with other schools in our area.

 

[inquisitive_1]

If you want to learn about how ME or some other business does its work, get a job there, or try to do an internship.

Our business recently became the first of our kind (in our area) to have a student intern from a local massage school. We worked with the student's school to develop expectation, roles and responsibilities, and a shared vision of what she would (hopefully) learn about. We let our student intern learn about nearly every aspect of the business, with no expectations about whether she will ever actually work for us.

We like helping student MTs learn about the field, and it was a lot of fun to go through the process with her. The school has been so happy with the results that we are now on their "A-list" of internship placement sites for qualified students, and we expect to have more of their students come in this fall. If all goes well, we hope to set up similar arrangements with other schools in our area.

Wow that really sounds fantastic! I can see how beneficial that could be for a student. Nothing substitutes for real world experience.

Wonder why more spas don't do something similar? Is it complicated or a liablity in anyway?

 

[meemeek]

We found it to be fairly simple, and the intern's duties were set up in a way that didn't impact our liabilities. I don't know why more places aren't doing something similar.

Last term's intern graduated yesterday, and she applied for a position with us last week. After she demonstrated her skills, we were happy to offer her a job.