u/ApprehensiveAge3489

I honestly just need advice from other estheticians because I’m feeling extremely discouraged with this industry right now.

I left my previous job because I was dealing with a very toxic coworker situation and thought moving to a new medspa would be a better opportunity for me mentally, professionally, and financially. The environment itself is definitely less toxic, but the problem now is that it is SO slow. Barely any clients. Thankfully I’m currently getting hourly pay for my first 90 days, but after that it transitions more heavily into commission and honestly it’s stressing me out badly because the books are just not where they need to be.

I also recently had another uncomfortable situation happen at work involving boundaries with a coworker, and it just made me realize how emotionally draining this industry can sometimes be on top of the financial instability.

I’ve been applying and interviewing for other jobs as well, including executive assistant, operations, patient coordinator, and admin roles, but I’m finding that a lot of places either want people working until 9–10 PM consistently or the roles are completely commission based, which I just cannot do anymore financially.

The frustrating part is I actually love aesthetics. I’m a Licensed Master Esthetician, I have experience in medspa and plastic surgery environments, I’ve helped with marketing, training new hires, operations, client retention, social media, and building businesses. But I’m tired of constantly feeling unstable financially or relying on inconsistent books.

I’m also currently in school because I do plan on eventually transitioning careers long term, but while I’m in school I still obviously have bills and responsibilities, so I need stability and consistent income right now.

I’m not really in the financial position to open my own suite or full business at the moment, but one of my clients does own a space and I’ve considered maybe renting a room a few days a week eventually just to slowly build my own clientele independently while still working another stable job. I just don’t know if that’s smarter than trying to stay in the medspa world long term.

For those who stayed in aesthetics, pivoted out, opened their own place, rented rooms, went solo, or switched into coordinator/management/admin roles within the industry, what did you do? Did things get better? I honestly just feel very lost career wise right now.

Quick update for everyone who responded to my original post about AnayaTech LLC:

I ended up attending the interview just to gather more information and ask questions directly. The interview itself was very quick, but a few things still felt off to me personally. There was confusion with the names of who was supposedly interviewing/hiring me, and some of the information they provided about the company and projects they claimed to have worked on didn’t really line up when I independently researched it afterward.

For example, they claimed involvement with the Navy Federal banking app, but when I looked further into it, the publicly available information pointed to other companies being credited for the app development/partnerships instead. They also mentioned an IBM connection/acquisition, but I still couldn’t find anything concrete tying everything together online.

They mentioned wanting to move forward with a second interview over lunch, but at this point I’m personally not going to pursue the opportunity further. I also honestly haven’t heard anything back since the interview, so I’m assuming they may have realized I was asking a lot of verification questions because some of the claims just weren’t adding up for me.

To be fair, I never gave them any sensitive personal information, money, banking info, etc., and they never directly asked for any. I just wanted to update everyone since a few people asked how the interview went.

If anyone knows of any legitimate companies in the Reston, Herndon, Sterling, or McLean area hiring for executive assistant, operations, administrative, patient coordinator, or clinic management roles, please feel free to send me links — preferably directly through the company’s official careers page/website. I’m also open to hybrid opportunities as well. Thanks again to everyone who responded and helped me do my due diligence.

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