CADY reviews

2.7

34% would recommend to a friend

(358 total reviews)

Josh Cady

21% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

CADY has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 358 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The CADY employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

358 reviews
5.0
Feb 25, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company cares about employee development! CADY doesn't just listen to employee concerns, but make actionable effort to be better. This is so rare in a company and helps employees feel empowered to speak up and give new ideas. Your manager doesn't feel like your boss, rather the captain of your team. We are all achieving the same goal together and everyone is willing to do the work. Able to hire, train, and develop hourly employees and given obtainable goals. Management is remote and job is overall fun. Music playing, cool perks, and a state of the art studio make going to work enjoyable everyday. Growth is possible and development plans and new positions are created all the time.

Cons

Saturday is a required work day which isn't the best for me, but closed on Mondays to make up for it and you still get two days off consecutively.

5.0
Feb 24, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I can think of so many pros of being employed at Cady studios. The amount of fun, laughter, creativity, and happiness that comes with working at Cady is astronomical. I have also been pushed out of my comfort zone, been forced to grow exponentially, and made so many life-long friends along the way. Above all, we work for the best manager out there. Lauren Surman is fierce and powerful, but yet still the most caring, compassionate, all around incredible boss that anyone could ever wish for. She makes us all feel equally important, she never judges us, she goes above and beyond all the time and everyone that I work with would agree with me on this. Over all, I am so happy with my experience working at the Delray Beach Cady studio, and would recommend it to anyone looking for work who wants a fun and creative environment.

Cons

The only con I can think of is the constant complaint we get about our pricing, and how everything is not explained very well on the website while the families are booking their sessions. I also wish we had a larger payment plan than the five part plan, because I think a lot more sales would be made if these thousand dollar collections could be paid off over the course of say a year.

1.0
Feb 17, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most of the floor staff (CERs, presenters, photographers) are great and really do care despite being discriminated against because of their age.

Cons

Where to start... Poor, poor communication among management. There's almost no consistency in workflows or processes. "It's your studio! You run it however" and very little training given. "What do you need to know/learn?" Well, it's my second day, so everything? The business is sneaky and uses misleading marketing tactics to manipulate unsuspecting parents who are overwhelmed with the senior photography process in general. As the manager, you're charged with overseeing use of manipulative and fake sales to raise KPIs, even in a pandemic. Constant pressure to get unreasonable sales figures and a pressure to push cheap products that parents don't even want. There's no respect or kindness to floor staff from upper management, but they constantly push "our people are our most valuable asset" while paying just above minimum wage to work rocky, inconsistent hours. The environment grooms loyalty with no transparency. There are cliques among upper management. Constant pressure from upper management to push staff to get Google reviews at any cost, pandering to clients. The company is money-centric and care absolutely nothing about staff. Turnover rate is incredible.

Viewing 262 - 264 of 358 Reviews

Glassdoor has 381 CADY reviews submitted anonymously by CADY employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if CADY is right for you.