If you are a Hairdresser- how often are you given a tip ?

[EatsQuorn]

As a question on a different thread but about tipping in restaurants .
Do you receive a tip by every client or how often on average ?

£130 an hour is better than I'm paid

How do you know what the hairdresser earns out of that?

Never used to but started paying an occasional extra fiver cash and now I feel I have to every time (not that she said anything of course). Same person every time.

I would like to hear what a hair dresser thinks of my never tipping them too.

Do they think I'm ''tight'' or do they have the awareness to realise that they might well be earning more than I'm earning? That I do my job without ever receiving a tip?

The who-to-tip-who-not-to-tip rules are so random. Works out well for hairdressers but lots of other people never ever receive any bonus income because their customers are free from expectations.

If my hairdresser did think I was tight, I'd go to a different hairdresser with a bit more awareness.

They are lucky to occasionally receive tips.

Never ever received a tip.

@Hairbear2

I would say about 10% tip me a few £ then I get one or two that will tip me £10. I’m self employed, so many clients think I get all the money that they pay, not taking in to account my expenses/tax/NI etc.

Wow only 10% tip at all? I’m surprised

I don’t as my hairdresser is the owner.

@EssexLioness

I clicked on this thread thinking it would be interesting to read the experience of hairdressers on this. Unfortunately it’s just full of people who haven’t read the OP

Yeh, i read the thread, but giving my experience as a customer who doesn't tip doesn't prevent a hair dresser from showing up and giving their thoughts. Hopefully they will. One did actually.

@Frazzled2207

Never used to but started paying an occasional extra fiver cash and now I feel I have to every time (not that she said anything of course). Same person every time.

let it go! I used to feel pressured in to tipping too! Tipping people who had jobs! When I was a lone parent. SO ridiculous.

Opened the thread thinking it would be interesting and it’s just people thinking they are interesting 😂

@CrowAndArrow

Nope, no tip except for Christmas.

£130 an hour is better than I'm paid

You understand that the hairdresser doesn’t earn £130 per hour don’t you?

To clarify just because your hair takes an hour and you are charged £130 that isn’t what your hair dresser is getting paid.

Depending on where they work if a chain they are likely on minimum wage plus commission if they hit targets + commission from product sales. If it’s a boutique salon then they will be on a percentage, a good percentage is 40% but that’s usually only what you’ll be on once you’ve worked there a while or have a steady client base.

You also have to remember the stylist might not be fully booked that day. So if they’ve only got 1 client in all day they could only earn £30 for the day. You’re also paying for years of experience and training, it’s so much more than just a haircut or colour.

A tip to your stylist isn’t really necessary but is always very much appreciated. However we do recommend that the assistants get tipped as they are usually apprentices so their wages are like £4 an hour.

Always. I tip 25%. But I get a dry cut for £7.99 and just give her a £10 note. If I went to a proper salon and paid £40+ for a cut I couldn't really afford a tip.

Not a hairdresser but I always tip 10% or so. Always have.

This thread would be really interesting if people could answer the actual question asked…

I'd like to know OP, as you seem to be a hairdresser, if you think you SHOULD be tipped. I don't get it, never have. We don't tip nurses, firemen, teachers etc, people who do difficult jobs and help people in lifechanging ways, so I've always wondered why waiters, hairdressers etc expect to be tipped. Would really like to know, not being goady!

Well at least you are keeping thread active.

A hairdresser wont come along if thread sinks.

I always think tipping sometimes makes up for the poor wages of bad employers.

I'm not a hairdresser but I tip my barber £1 for a £14 cut. Their job is to cut men's hair and I am a woman and they do a great job for a hell of a lot less money and fuss than a hairdresser. I would just pay what they ask for if I was a man.

@Crunched the salon owner could usually probably do with the tips more than the staff. In my experience of working at both big and small salons, the owner usually pays themselves a small wage and looks after their staff very well with bonuses etc

Hairdresser (former retired due to ill health ) when I worked in expensive salon hardly any tips 😌 I was just on minimum wage I had to earn to earn a lot to get bonus which was a measly £50 ! When I went self employed no tips at all I think people think your taking home all that money but in fact we still pay tax ,and utilities I had home salon and all the products we have to buy up front !
When you receive a tip it makes u feel like you have done a great job and client is super happy 😃. I always tip when I have hair nails and brows done x

When I was a trainee the tips were my food money. My wages literally only covered my other living costs and travel. 4 days a week, plus 1.5 days training, and on top of that I had to go get a second job in the end to be able to afford to buy clothes, socialise, and eat without relying on tips. I had to claim housing benefit for my rent, but still had to pay a top up of a third of what I earned. It was hard work for not much money, but obviously I was training and gaining skills so worth it in the long term. If I'm in a salon with that system I will always tip the shampooist/assistant/trainee.

I always tip the stylist/colourist 10% as I would in a restaurant, although usually I round up/down to the nearest fiver in a salon. If I want to get a £130 service and can't afford a £15 tip then I wouldn't get the £130 service. I don't always leave the tip if I'm unhappy with the service though, I've had some disasters and would just pay standard price.

Personally I find that most people tip me a fiver whether that's for a cheaper or more expensive service. So eg. If I do a kids hair cut for £15 they'll give me £20. But also if I do a colour correction for £100 they'll give me £105. I don't have any clients who don't pay a little over the set price, especially if a service comes to an odd number where they'll round up to the nearest £10 eg. £37 would be £40. I never expect it, but that is what people tend to do. I don't take it as a comment on my work whether they do or don't tip.

I don't take my boys to the barbers anymore (I DIY them) but when I did I always tipped a fiver, which makes less sense because often the cut was only £10 or so to start so a 50% tip 😂

I only tip at Christmas. I used to tip every time I went but then prices increased to over £100 for highlights and colour I can't afford to leave a tip

I tip £5 each time. I don’t get any colouring done (although at some point the grey will show) so my hair cut is only £40.

I always used to tip, but I just can’t afford to. It cost me £170 to get my hair done last week.

@ItMustBeBedtimeSurely

This thread would be really interesting if people could answer the actual question asked…

Indeed. Even though it's been pointed out multiple times people are still doing it.