Pluspunten
-Get to learn basic composition and camera settings -Flexible hours -Co-Workers change a lot so you never get stuck with people you don't like for a long time -Tips are really helpful when you get them -If you’re just starting out in photography and want to learn more this is a pretty decent place to do it, although don’t expect to actually understand how to use a camera outside/outdoors as most of your work is very controlled inside which is why ALL of their work looks the same regardless of who takes the photos.
Minpunten
-I was only supposed to work part-time hours as I was in school at the time but during busy season that was unreasonable apparently as I was working far over 35 hours in a week. Being a full-time student and employee just about killed me and it was without a doubt their fault for not hiring enough people and for not treating their employees well enough to retain them as we basically hemorrhaged employees throughout the season making it worse for the employees who managed to hold their tongues enough to stay. -Management was a mess when I worked there, changed managers about 4 times in one year. -Flexible hours were AWFUL in the summer, hardly got hours and always got sent home early because there was nothing better to do-of course management got hours but never smaller employees. -Agree with the other review in saying that it's extremely clicky. It's run by one family and there's definitely some nepotism happening. For example, the entire system crumbles when they have a family vacation. Literally everyone scrambles and has no idea what they're doing. -Pushed their employees to sell prints even though the prints are expensive, hard to sell, and employees don't make any commission on them. -Also agree with one of the other reviews in saying that the photographers don't get paid nearly enough. $10 an hour as a photographer to start and you move up a $1 more an hour if you can become "Camera Shy Certified" which takes upwards of 8 months or more. Getting a raise takes a long time and if you're wanting to attain more skills like PS to help out, that doesn't constitute a raise even though it's a skill that most of the employees don't have AND it's something that they charge their customers extra for. Why not pay people extra for skills that not everyone has that you charge your customers an extra fee for? Doesn't make any sense. -We did work that should have been compensated way more than it was, i.e. instead of hiring professionals to repaint their walls, sand down new props, etc., we did. I did so much labor-intensive work that I should have been paid extra for considering that a professional would have charged significantly more. There should be bonuses involved at the very least for this type of work.