You will work very hard for very little. - Photographer/Sales Associate JCP Portraits Employee Review

3.0
Nov 6, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Great as a second job, or for someone who needs a few extra hours and doesn't mind working more on the weekends and less during the week. Never a dull moment. Freedom of creativity. Opportunities to have your work showcased. Great coworkers, flexible hours. Tuition reimbursement. Learn a lot about lighting and photography techniques.

Cons

No opportunities for advancement. I was offered a position as assistant manager, but the offer was later revoked because of insufficient hours. Appointments book every 10 minutes, meaning you get strictly 10 minutes in the camera room with each guest, no wiggle room, no matter the situation. It is blatantly greedy of corporate to herd people in and out like sheep, and you will take the heat for it. Prices are getting cheaper and cheaper, and quality is lowering in turn.

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5.0
May 22, 2025
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Pros

Good hours and employees temhere

Cons

Not high enough pay per hour

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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