Not your typical retail job - Studio Associate JCP Portraits Employee Review

2.0
Aug 13, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Different work environment than typical retail mall job. Interacting with kids and goofing around to get them to smile can be fun. Creating memories for families to cherish can feel rewarding. Pretty laid back in between major holidays.

Cons

Christmas season is extremely busy and stressful. Online booking causes guests to overbook themselves causing your appointments to run late. Expected to only be in camera room for 10 minutes, when in reality it is extremely rare when you typical have a fussy newborn, a stubborn 2 year old, a family with 4 kids all under the age of 6, etc. During non-peak seasons there is single coverage, which means only one person works each shift, causing them to juggle the appointments, answering phones, handling pick-ups, etc. Must be extremely patient working with children and their parents. Expected to meet high sales goals, though the company's coupons greatly discount the products.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

I love photography, I loved a lot of my clients so the work itself I enjoyed Manager just above me was awesome I started in school photography prior to Covid and loved it. If you do anything for Shutterfly, would only do school photography.

Cons

These apply to the company itself and business practices, not co workers: -Inconsistent Hours -Did not respect availability schedules (even after raising concern to District management, was offered a TEMPORARY pay increase to ignore my availability and come in because not enough people were hired for holiday season) -Pay was low for how much you're expected to do which for me included an 11 hour day because they book every 15 minutes, dock us for going over time, but expect a newborn baby shoot to be done. But we are at the same time expected to keep customers happy and blamed for a shoot going low in sales. It's a baby and every family deserves good photos of their baby. Not for it to be rushed to follow quotas which definitely won't be met when people don't want to come back.

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