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Read the community guidelines1. The HR manager is very friendly and willing to give newcomers a chance.
2. Signing a training contract is not a scam.
3. The shop is nicely air-conditioned.
1. The training manager is extremely impatient. I don't know why someone so impatient was chosen to be a training manager. There is no daily plan or procedure during the training process, and new and experienced trainees are trained together. Newcomers don't even know whether they have learned the required techniques for each body part. After only two days of learning, they are expected to perform like experienced workers. If they can't, the manager keeps rolling their eyes. The manager would rather spend more than five minutes lecturing and scolding than spend ten seconds demonstrating it again. Every day, coming to training class means dealing with the manager's temper. If someone doesn't know how to do something, just teach them; I don't know what there is to keep getting angry about. Trainees are already fed up during the training period. No wonder they leave as soon as they can after finishing training. The shop has a high turnover among its massage therapists, partly because of the training manager.
2. I originally thought the training manager's technique was very impressive. Once, a kind and experienced therapist at the shop couldn't stand watching anymore and, after getting the training manager's consent, helped instruct the trainees. Only then did I discover that this therapist's technique was far superior to the training manager's: the pressure was strong and steady, and the massage felt comfortable. The training manager only knows how to press hard, making the entire massage painful for the person being worked on. At the same time, the experienced therapist was polite and patient when teaching, breaking down and explaining the areas of operation in detail. By comparison, the training manager's attitude and technique were clearly inferior.
3. After only three days of classes, trainees are required to memorize the locations of all the organs in the foot reflexology chart. After demonstrating an entire continuous sequence of techniques once, the manager expects trainees to be able to perform the whole sequence and also forbids them from recording videos. When a trainee asked whether they could record, the manager rolled their eyes and harshly scolded them for ten minutes, accusing them of not being serious and of failing to take notes. The problem is that it is impossible to take notes when you can barely keep up with watching the movements. The attitude in class is extremely contemptuous, as if every newcomer were as stupid as a pig and none of them were suited for the massage industry.
4. Trainees were driven away in anger during the training period, so I never experienced the subsequent 64-extraction compensation or the amount of clientele. Working hours are 12:00–11:00, and weekends are also required. Many of those currently working at the shop are experienced therapists who did not need to go through the training stage; otherwise, no one would want to stay and put up with the anger. Newcomers should consider carefully before going.