
Originally Posted by
catfly link=board=27;threadid=9804;start=msg117680#msg117 680 date=1086318570
Hey all! After 12 years on and off as a dancer, I have finally been asked to manage 2 dayshifts at my club. I have plenty of ideas of my own to make (at least on my shifts) a change for the better. I have been reading a lot of the posts on this site - especially 'The Perfect Club" . I would like more ideas - even if they wouldn't work in our club. So, I guess what I am asking is - if you had a chance to manage your club, what would you do?
what I would do and what an ex dancer in that same club would do are two different hurdles that you are describing.
IMO
If i were you,I would work those two day shifts as they are,as the other mgrs and gen mgr want them.JUST LEARN THE ROPES.Then as you demonstrate the ability to be a good mgr,change clubs.
If you remove the candy coating and bullshit,you will find MOST dancers fail at being mgrs in the clubs they have worked in.
To begin with,it usually means a drastic paycut.And payday now comes in a check at the end of the week,not cash nightly.
Be ready for that.
Its a male dominated position in this world.
The mgrs and owners will always look at you as an X dancer.You wont get the respect you deserve.
The regs at the bar who get lapdances from you will still want them,only now you CANT because your the mgr.Be ready to tell them No,doesnt matter how much money is offered.
But by far,the biggest obstical will be the girls you work with.
I know I know,all the girls love you,and im sure they do.That all changes when you become mgr.
Take a look at the girls you work with now and call friends,that list will change when you become mgr.(i promise you this is fact)
wait till you have to fine your best friend for being late or breaking a rule,or worse,fire her.
Its hard for an entertainer to go from being the somewhat pampered employee,to being the person responsible for cleaning the puke up off the floor in the mens room at the end of the night.
Im not trying to scare you or piss you off,you may be great mgr material.Its my opinion that you should be a mgr ANYWHERE else but in the club you danced at.
You will probably make more money and i assure you,you will have less drama.
You want drama,try to be a mgr at a club where you danced.
No matter what,I wish you luck.
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