Careers
Chairs open in five shops
A written standard, fixed hours, and a share of the tips that is the same for everyone on the floor. If you want a chair where nobody argues about how long a No. 2 is, this is that chair.
Who sets the standard
Two people own the guard chart. Between them they train every barber in the chain and sign off every new shop before it opens.
Tobias Renner
Managing director · standards
Opened the Wahn shop in 2016 with two chairs and a written guard chart. Still cuts on Thursdays, still checks every shop four times a year.
Selin Aydın
Managing director · training
Runs the training bench in Wahn. Every barber in the chain has spent two weeks with her before taking a chair of their own.
What Bartwerk offers
A written standard
The guard chart, the checks and the finish are documented. You are never guessing what good looks like here.
Two training weeks
Paid, at the flagship bench in Wahn, before you take your own chair. Then one day a quarter.
Tips split flat
Pooled per shop and split by hours worked, apprentices included. No chair politics.
Fixed rota
Published four weeks ahead. Two Saturdays off in every four.
Move between shops
Transfer to any of the seven without re-learning the job. The fit-out is identical.
Tools and laundry
Clippers, guards, blades and aprons supplied and maintained. Aprons washed on site.
Open roles
Barber (m/f/d)
Köln-Wahn · Permanent
A chair on the flagship floor in Wahn, with the training bench next to you.
- Hours
- 38 h / week
- Pay
- €2,900 – €3,400 gross + share of tips
- Shop
- Frankfurter Straße 128, 51147 Köln
What we need
- Completed Friseur training or three years at the chair
- Clean fades and razor work, taught to our standard in the first two weeks
- German or English at working level
Apprentice barber (m/f/d)
Bonn-Beuel · Apprenticeship, 3 years
Start on the floor in Beuel, with four training weeks per year at the flagship bench in Wahn.
- Hours
- 40 h / week
- Pay
- €760 → €1,010 per year of training
- Shop
- Friedrich-Breuer-Straße 51, 53225 Bonn
What we need
- Secondary school leaving certificate
- Steady hands, punctual, willing to sweep the floor in year one
- German at B2 or better
Shop lead (m/f/d)
Düsseldorf-Bilk · Permanent
Run five chairs in Bilk: rota, stock, standard checks, and one day a week at your own chair.
- Hours
- 40 h / week
- Pay
- €3,600 – €4,200 gross + shop bonus
- Shop
- Friedrichstraße 133, 40217 Düsseldorf
What we need
- Five years at the chair, at least one leading a team
- Comfortable with rota software and monthly stock counts
- German at C1
Barber, part time (m/f/d)
Aachen-Frankenberg · Part time
Thursday to Saturday in our newest shop, run by a franchise partner.
- Hours
- 20 – 25 h / week
- Pay
- €18.50 / hour + share of tips
- Shop
- Adalbertsteinweg 96, 52070 Aachen
What we need
- Completed training or equivalent experience
- Available on Saturdays
- German or English at working level
Standards trainer (m/f/d)
Köln-Wahn · Permanent
Own the cut standard: teach it, check it in every shop, and keep the guard chart honest.
- Hours
- 32 h / week, travel across all seven shops
- Pay
- €3,900 – €4,400 gross + car allowance
- Shop
- Frankfurter Straße 128, 51147 Köln
What we need
- Master craftsman certificate (Meisterbrief) preferred
- Able to explain a fade in words as well as cut one
- Driving licence class B
How hiring works here
Phone call, then a paid trial afternoon at the chair in the shop you applied to, then a decision. We pay the trial afternoon at the hourly rate of the role whether or not we make an offer.