So I have three part time jobs to keep things afloat, I work a regular corporate job, a small business I run, and then a small local salon job in hopes one day I can commit to the salon full time. This is where my issue begins. I assisted for over a year and am just now able to take some clients for certain services. I have been unpaid this entire time (they were open with the lack of pay up front, I just thought the learning opportunities would be better) save for when I do a service I get 40% of whatever the client pays and all of my tip. With me being new to taking clients, you can imagine I make maybe $40 a week working Friday all day and every other Sunday morning. But I want to be a stylist and that seemed to be the only way I can do it. With all of this in mind, last week I was called into a “meeting” where they went over my recent issues (I didn’t know I had any) Where they reminded me I was only a Jr. Stylist, not on their level and that I needed to have them check my work before and after in front of clients ( despite saying I have never made an egregious mistake on anyone) that I don’t take things seriously or that I’m not committed to the salon because sometimes I have to take the day off and I don’t work there enough to do that. That I don’t clean enough (I clean up after myself and do the laundry, they want me to also clean their bowls/ station when I’m not busy) I was also told they would only be allowing me to work Fridays now bc my coworker is changing her hours and my station is being given to a full time barber. Meaning we will have to share and lowering my days I work. Between feeling disrespected both with my work and work ethic and them not paying me hourly meaning most days I don’t make anything and drive 30 minutes out of my way wasting gas I don’t know what to say. I was silent during the meeting and in shock, now that it’s been a while I’m pissed. What do I do? It sounds to me like they want me gone, money is tight and they don’t know how to nicely say I’m wasting space.