by alaynecurtiss | Jun 25, 2026 | Salon Walkout, Stop The Walkouts
For years, salon owners have talked quietly behind closed doors about one of the most devastating issues in our industry: salon walkouts. A walkout is not simply an employee choosing to move on. Employees have every right to grow, change jobs, open businesses, and...
by alaynecurtiss | Jun 13, 2022 | Salon Ownership
First off, I wish I had found this program years ago! Apparently, it has been around since the 1980’s. In the past, I was forced to put away nearly $25,000 each year to help carry and pay my employees through our slow season of January – March. It was...
by alaynecurtiss | Mar 12, 2022 | Alayne Curtiss, Salon Ownership, Stop The Walkouts
In this episode, which is our first video interview, we chatted with Jenna Bowden of Crown Extension Studio, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Jenna survived not 1, not 2, but 3 walkouts in 4 years and finally speaks up about the trauma salon walkouts cause and why she...
by alaynecurtiss | Jan 23, 2022 | Alayne Curtiss, Salon Ownership
I find it really interesting that the walkout culture that salons have experienced for many years has made its way into mainstream businesses and suddenly every news program I turn on is talking about, “The Great Resignation.” Again, reinforcing that...
by alaynecurtiss | Dec 23, 2021 | Alayne Curtiss, Salon Ownership, Salon Walkout, Stop The Walkouts
Ginger messaged me on Facebook, “I’ve had my first walkout.” I said well, welcome to the club! I was shocked actually but tried to make her not feel alone. Walkouts are a very lonely place. You may remember her from our story last February at...
