Smart Style Cost me my self respect and esteem Spencer Iowa

I finally got irritated, and decided to ask if i was getting a bad reference the answer i got was we can't give out your background report, okay, i am sure i know what is on that report, to be honest i don't think there is anything that bad on there. And anyone who has a computer and internet can look up my name and figure out from there who is who, so what is the deal with that can someone explain that answer to me? I just wanted to know why it is difficult to get hired by another salon i am using them as a reference. And i can't prove anything unless a potential employer says hey, they said this and blah, blah.

I am waiting my best friend of twenty odd years is quiting to move on to a chair rental, she has seen a lot with this supervisor, she even had to hear my complaints during this time. When I get that feeling I made a mistake, she tells me she would have done the same, and I think about it and yes to do it all over again I would. Because I know my worth, I know what I did for the store, and when the time is right I will get my job back, may not be this year or the next but I know and I may give the one above the other one a call and so on. but thank you jennifer.

I went through a similar situation when I decided to come back to Smart Style back in November. I was employed with this company previously from Nov. 2007-Mar. 2008. When my son was hospitalized with pneumonia Easter weekend (2008), I contacted my manager and informed her that I would be unable to work until he was well again. Even with me absent from the salon, we were well staffed and no one would be put out in any way by me being out. On the Friday before Easter Sunday, I was contacted by the manager and the area supervisor--BOTH telling me that I was to be there that Saturday to close the salon. I had to refresh their memories by saying that I had already called and said my son was ill; I could not be there. Of course I heard a song-and-dance from the manager stating that she would not cover the shift because she would be "out of town" that day. Which was a lie, because I had heard her tell me personally that she was spending that weekend at her father's home--which was in the same city as our salon.

Long story short, the area supervisor told me that she and our regional manager stated that my son's illness was "irrelevant" since my husband would be off of work that day, and that I needed to come in regardless. I in turn informed the area supervisor that it was probably best that I and the company part ways due to how they treated this situation, and I went to the salon that Saturday morning to get my things. Fast forward to November 2008. I was hired back at the company (in a different city than my hometown), passed the background check, and started my shift on a Saturday; only to be told 3 hours in that the regional manager stated that I could not work for the company. Turns out, the manager had checked the "DO NOT REHIRE" box on my resignation form, and had even written that I had "cursed her out and was rude to her upon leaving." When I went to collect my things the Saturday I left my home salon, the manager wasn't even there. And it's pretty hard to curse someone out when they're not even in the building if you ask me. In fact as I recall, she was supposed to start her shift at 10 that morning--I finished getting my things at the salon about 10:15 and she still had not showed up.

So due to someone's outright lies, I was hired and then fired all in the same day. But I fought it. I called our new area supervisor (Regis seems to go through a LOT these days) and left a message with our regional manager to explain MY side of the story. I told the both of them that what was written on the resignation form was an absolute lie, and they had to consider the character of both the manager AND the area supervisor at the time of me leaving the company. BOTH of these women were fired for customer service issues; the manager was heard by Wal-Mart employees, customers, AND Regis' own Customer Service Representative yelling and cursing out a customer--the customer had called the 800 number right there in the salon due to the rudeness of the manager (the area supervisor was fired due to making a racist comment about a customer's 2-year-old son as well as other issues in dealing with customers and employees).

When the new supervisor and regional manager took this into consideration, I was allowed to come back to the company. You have to fight tooth and nail sometimes, but in most cases it does work in your favor if you know you're right and have the proof to back it up. Don't give up--keep calling all the way up to the Salon Director if you have to. I know that this isn't the easiest company to work for at times, but if you get in with a good team, a good manager, and definitely a good supervisor, it's a win-win situation. I thoroughly enjoy the stylists I work with, and I enjoy being around my supervisor. Keep up with the phone calls; show that you're interested in coming back and that you can do the work that you are supposed to do. I know it seems as if your words are falling on deaf ears right now, but with persistence and patience the right ears to hear your story will come along. I wish you the best of luck.