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    Question transitioning from dancer to management

    Who has done it? Was it worth it?


    edit: Perhaps this question would be more appropriate in the Stripping General forum than in the Industry Insight one. Mods, feel free to move.
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    Default Re: transitioning from dancer to management

    Yes I've done it. No it wasn't worth it !!!

    The central problem is that, unlike the majority of dancers who post here at SW, in the 'real world' the vast majority of dancers working at a given club present some sort of 'challenge' ... too many drugs, drama queen, light-fingered, 'unreliable' to actually show up to work, offering 'extras' to customers, and a host of other 'unprofessional' bullshit. There's just too little money being paid to have to deal with this bullshit on a daily basis, because effective management of that group forces you to be the 'bad guy' !!!

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    Default Re: transitioning from dancer to management

    I wonder how much some of these managers really get paid
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    Default Re: transitioning from dancer to management

    I have seen very few female managers in the business, which at first really confused me. But the longer I am in the business, the more I see the perverse logic behind the warped ratios.

    It is vitally necessary to be a hardass, that is the number one job requirement. Men are better at this in general, which may not be their most stellar quality, but will get them into management positions requiring this quality. And generally speaking the dancers in the clubs are in much greater need of management than bouncers, DJs, etc.

    Which is NOT to say that bouncers and DJs are inherently any better at doing their jobs. But the most common analogy to the SCDJ job is 'Cat Herder' with very good reason. Owners and senior managers tend to look amongst the herders and not the cats for assistant manager positions.

    Former bouncers are far more common than former DJs in management as well. DJs tend to be more prone to the same problems dancers give management. Drinking on the job, bad temper management, etc.

    The process used to pick managers isn't really very reliable though. I have worked with far more shitty, ignorant managers than good ones, and that includes at least one female. Fortunately the guy managing my club right now is great.
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    Default Re: transitioning from dancer to management

    My ATF transitioned from dancing to a management job years ago after she got her degree and got married. It didn't work out very well. In spite of her education and her excellent job performance she was treated with absolutely no respect by the club's owner-the same guy who kissed her ass all over the place when she was a top earning dancer. She eventually quit and went back to dancing at a different club rather than get dumped on all day and treated like a second class citizen because she quite wearing thong at work.

    Every club and every owner is different obviously but that is one example that didn't work out well.
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    Thanks for the responses so far. It's not an option for me at the moment (well, it probably is, but not the right way), but I was having one of those "Where will I be in 5 years?" moments that cause me to fret over my ineligibility for a Louisiana cosmetology license.

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    Default Re: transitioning from dancer to management

    I am going to do this transition later this year, hopefully.





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    Default Re: transitioning from dancer to management

    At the first club I danced at a former dancer became a manager. Girls liked her better because she gave good advice but it is ALOT of bullshit. Think about all the girls you dance with and not being able to tune out their drama and bullshit plus being generally responsible when they fuck up. Be prepared to rule with an iron fist. No mercy.

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    Default Re: transitioning from dancer to management

    In my last club there was a new manager every month, it seems to be quite a shitty job to be honest, not worth it...a few of the female managers became dancers within a few months

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