Never have I ever been so miserable. - Photographer - School Lifetouch Employee Review

1.0
Dec 10, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not working in the same location every day, working with kids, traveling to new parts of your surrounding states.

Cons

When they say in the interviews to expect to "maybe" be on the road as early as 4 or 5am "sometimes," they fail to mention that they actually mean "on the road by 4:30am the latest every single day, then proceeding to drive 2+ hours in the dark while nodding off behind the wheel, and working long, fast paced, exhausting, non-stop high physical and social energy shifts on your feet without a break or so much as a moment to stop and catch your breath." Half of all staff photographers they hired for the new season quit within the first few weeks or would just neglect to show up for work. When photographers wouldn't show up, they would make other photographers drive 3+ hours to fill in at the last minute on their days off, or just leave the remaining, sorely understaffed photographers on the assignment to scramble and photograph an entire public school system of kids in the already short window of time. If you like operating full-power after waking up before the crack of dawn and driving hours and hours all over creation and working yourself to the bone for $10/hr, then this job is for you.

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5.0
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CEO approval
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Pros

Quality of life. Schedule Flexibility

Cons

Lots of travel and requires lots of micro managing

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Lifetouch Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We are happy to hear that the schedule flexibility and quality of life were positives during your time at Lifetouch. We also appreciate your feedback on travel demands and the feeling of micromanagement. Insights like these help us continue improving how we support our teams. We wish you all the best in your next chapter!
4.0
Jul 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

-Flexibility if you have to run out for an emergency -Bonuses for retention of your accounts -Great colleagues who are willing to help out and ask questions to -Hybrid schedule

Cons

-Tiny annual raises -Hard to take time off if you don't have PTO (the wage is not livable) -No opportunities to move up (unless you are qualified in something else on the corportate side, But there are not alot of positions that open up either)

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