{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Smart Tan News","provider_url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com","title":"My Letter to You, the Employee - Smart Tan News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"YrSGUkELB4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/my-letter-to-you-the-employee\/\">My Letter to You, the Employee<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/my-letter-to-you-the-employee\/embed\/#?secret=YrSGUkELB4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;My Letter to You, the Employee&#8221; &#8212; Smart Tan News\" data-secret=\"YrSGUkELB4\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Letter-10-30-19.jpg","thumbnail_width":1361,"thumbnail_height":1000,"description":"By Scott Nichols, salon GM and consultant  My usual articles are geared towards owners, upper management and sometimes store managers. This article is different. This time I want to talk directly to the employee, the Gen-Z generation. For a vast majority of employees, the tanning industry won\u2019t be their \u201ccareer\u201d job, and that is okay! I understand that, and I hope you do as well. But, that doesn\u2019t mean an employee can\u2019t learn something from this job. The sad truth is that a lot of adults think the Gen-Z generation is lost. Maybe it is, and maybe it isn\u2019t (and that\u2019s for another article), but my goal with this article is to pass some tips and ideas that can put Gen-Z in a great situation for the future.  In this industry, the employees we hire face different types of challenges than your typical nine-to-five job. We have nights, weekends and in most cases a location with only one employee working for a good part of the year. I will admit these don\u2019t sound much like a challenge, but they can be! Let me run just two scenarios by you.  Click here to read the entire article in the latest issue of Smart Tan Magazine online.\u00a0"}