About the machine Etelä-Suomen Sanomat published (27.1.2018) a Finnish hairdresser´s opinion, or more of a cry for a help, on 27.1.2018. The paper lets professionals from different fields reveal the "untold secrets" or their work. This secret, if it is such to somebody, has the headline Necessity Entrepreneurship is wrong. A screenshot of the headline the ESS published on 27.1.2019 The unidentified writer sees that it is the machine, the Finnish system, has made it impossible for microentrepreneurs to hire people. Hairdressers are forced to rent chairs in their salons at a high price. According to the writer, young professionals are therefore forced out from the industry just to start working on the black market. The writer worries about the misbehavior towards young professionals and about he jealoysy that controls the athmosphere on the industry. Lowering the taxes would be the solution, the text says. Having been there by myself, the text was not
Photo:Pikku Reata for First Things First Some time ago, I told a hairdresser that I have the opportunity to work for a project that raises awareness on work safety. The hairdresser was surprised. He raised his eyebrows: "Is there something that we need to do? He wondered if the project has to do with preventing sexual harrasment, ( metoo was on the news everywhere) and maybe that is why he isn´t in the middle of work-related problems. I thought the discussion was a great eye-opener. It´s exactly how it is. You work hard, create amazing haircuts and colors, give treatments and massages, run your business, make your living out of it. In ideal situation, the work safety is routine in every step of your work. But is it with everybody? According to a Finnish authority, 70% of hairdressers and beauty therapists develope work related hand excema at some point of the career. Work related problems on hands could be prevented with proper handcare. But how do you know you take