Pros
Owners are responsive. You don’t do your own scheduling.
Cons
Extremely long Hours. You are expected at the office and hour before your first appointment, usually 7 am. You then are scheduled to groom from 8-6. Then you have to drive back to the office, fill up the tank, clean the van, all usually alone at night in a big warehouse in a shady area of downtown. You usually aren’t done until about 7-8 pm. They will book you a LOT of big dogs that honestly shouldn’t even be being done in the van, as well as booking aggressive dogs without warning you. They do not verify rabies vaccinations. However, my biggest issue, they are commission based but they ALSO take a “transport” fee per house/dog of $40 ($15 per additional dog at each house). So, for example, on a small dog where it is charged $90, they take $40 off the top, making your sales $50, then you get half of that. so on a $90 ticket, you as the groomer and the driver thats away from home for over 12 hours a day, 5 days a week, are making $25 on a small dog. That’s insulting. For a 5 day work week, again nearly 60 hours a week, pay was under $1000. Oh the average day, about $200 in “transport fees” are taken from your sales. they say this is to cover “gas and insurance” but gas was always less than $50 a day, and I doubt insurance is 4k a month for just one groomer. (200/day over a months time is nearly 4k). ON TOP OF THE 50% COMMISSION THEYRE ALREADY TAKING OUT. Feels like you’re paying their business fees. Hard work not worth the time and work put in
