Still struggling with big company account

[the doctor of thugonomics]

I'm still struggling with this large firm I started at last month.  The no-show rate is still above 20% and I really can't contact or police the employees. I've been there four times and it's not profitable. Yesterday something really bugged me, a man came in to check it out for his wife, saw she'd signed up with me, I'm a guy and the other practitioner was female, and then went to his wife- she didn't show up.  We would have gladly switched so she could get chair massage from a female.  The HR dept. is not giving me any support.  So.... I remember David Palmer saying that if the company is not 100% behind you, don't do it.  Any suggestions or should I follow my gut and bail.  I've considered hiring a newbie practitioner and paying them some perceneforum.xxxe.  But if they bail, I'm stuck.   I've been doing chair massage for almost 10 years and this is bugging the #@$% out of me. I appreciate your past ideas, some of them aren't possible because of the structure of this company.Any support?Thanks for all your ideas, this has been very helpful.Rubmyster

 

[blahh 90210 is on]

Still struggling with big company account

I've been there four times and it's not profitable.

You already know the answer, bail. If it's not profitable, I'd suggest finding a company that appreciates you coming in and working with them.

 

[Mejoliza]

Bail asap.  Waste of time...needless stress.  This is precisely why I only do chair work for small companies.  JD

 

[liamjlewis]

Still struggling with big company account

How can it not be profitable?20% no shows at a dollar-a-minute still means more than $40 per hour. And don't forget all of those referral opportunities to get private clients!Sorry, I was being sarcastic - been watching to many episodes of HOUSESadly, 20% no shows is pretty common for user-paid events.Raise your rates 20% before your next company is enrolled, which is where they should be anyway - nothing less than $5 to sit down + $1/minute (works out to $70 - $80/hour). If they are not willing to pay, they are not worth having.

 

[Sarah]

I agree that it is not worth the hassle.As a wise woman once told me.  "fill your practice with the kind of clients that you WANT to deal with and leave the others to deal with themselves"

 

[danielle w]

Thanks to everyone for their input and support.  I will initiate bailing sequence and get the heck out.  I have other work that doesn't stress me out and pays better.  I'll stick with the small companies that pay from now on.In health, RubmysterRemember when someone asks why you charge what you do, just say  "good is not cheap, cheap is not good."