Photogenic reviews

2.5

27% would recommend to a friend

(197 total reviews)

Steve Craig

17% approve of CEO

13% positive business outlook

Photogenic has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 197 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Photogenic employee rating is 33% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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197 reviews
2.0
Mar 22, 2015

it was ok

Recommend
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Pros

i enjoyed the discounted/free venue prices. You get free pictures taken too. You get to meet some friendly people and co-workers are nice. Training is paid. CEO have occasional lunch days and gift card give away. Perfect if you are looking for a summer job.

Cons

working there you will see a lot of FAVORITISM within the employees and managers. the pay is super low ($9.25 per hour) for all the work you are required to do. If you need something steady i WOULD NOT recommend this job. This job is mainly for high school and college students during their summer and winter breaks. The turn over rate is high. if the days at your venue are slow...chance are you might be sent home early. Also please follow their dress code, they will send you home if its not to code.

1.0
Jan 28, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Co-workers are usually understanding of one another and work as a team. Scenery if you are in to Battle Ships and Water Cruises. Discount on the cruises and Nauticus. Gift Cards are given as incentives to bring in high service scores. If the venue manager favors you, advancement can be fast.

Cons

Working outside in heat, cold, or, rain. Long work hours with no break, even though, after working 6 hours a 30 minute break is taken out of your check automatically. Moonlight cruises are over at 2-AM and you then have sell photos to drunken customers (who are almost always rude). Management is weak and uneducated. Management forces lower workers to perform manager work. Favoritism is real. Despite if you are good at selling photos, the manager only keeps and promotes employees based on the popularity of the employee. Manager refuses to hire men. Manager makes racists comments about both customers and employees. Manager never actually works, just sits in the office overlooking service scores. Managers misjudge employee's performance due to favoritism and never being around. Customers complain constantly about how overpriced the photos are. The entire shift you work is spent standing. You are required to almost force customers into taking a quick and impersonal low quality photo. Then you are forced to sell the low quality photos for $25-$40.00. Also the pay is minimal and the promotions are a scam, they give you an extra $0.25-$1.00 to basically do the manager's job, then apply a heavy amount of pressure to preform. The drama within the company and the host venues is ridiculous. The managers are unprofessional when communicating within the company. The schedule is almost never posted in a timely manner. The manager will only give the majority of hours to their favorites. This can cause your work schedule and paychecks very inconsistent. Once the manager had their sister working hours, because they decided they wanted to take hours away from other employees they did not like, a stupid decision on their part because they had no other employees to work those shifts. So they unethically let the sister work although she is not a Photogenic Inc. employee. Leaving other employees out of hours to work and money in their pockets.

1.0
Jan 22, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free or discounted visits at some of Chicago's premier tourist attractions. Free pictures of your visits. You can meet some awesome people and even celebrities on occasion. And from time to time get a free lunch from the CEO.

Cons

There is a disturbing amount of nepotism going on at all locations between venue managers towards trainers, leads, and assistant managers. Skydeck was the absolute worst of all. Venue manager was sleeping with employees. Letting people who were friends do little to no work during high peak business hours. The pay was ridiculously low for the amount of work and responsibilities that were expected. Employees were stealing money from registers. The company shows little or does nothing for people who dedicates themselves to Photogenic. They expect you to be available 24/7 even if you're at home sick and can't stand.

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