I’m so frustrated, I have my dream job, tattoo artist. But fuck me I don’t half hate my boss atm, most studios run on chair rental but ours is commission. So basically I do all the work, I go home and draw all my tattoo designs on the nighttime when I should be relaxing, I’m the one bending over all day with tense shoulders and end up with horrible back ache all the time, I’m the one talking to my clients, making them tea and coffees, making sure they have sugary snacks, I’m the one skipping dinner because my boss booked too many people in. I’m the one opening the studio and closing it everyday because she comes and goes as she pleases.
In the meantime she sits on her arse and earns 50% of what I make. Sure she supplies a lot of the equipment but at this rate I’d rather give her chair rental and buy my own stuff. I’d make more money that way.
If I need a day off because I’m ill she gets annoyed, if I cancel an appointment she booked because she’s booked something in I can’t do (happened this morning) all I get is “I can’t run a business like this!” Well yeah I can’t tattoo necks confidently and you deffo can’t run a business if they try to sue or slag us off online because I done a shit job, I know what I’m capable of and I know what I’m not.
Aspiring tattooists: DON’T WORK FOR A NON TATTOOING BOSS! I didn’t listen when I was young. They run you into the ground and burn out your passion for the job to fill their pockets using your skill. Keeping an eye out for another studio.