Portrait Innovations Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I had worked for Portrait Innovations since April of 2014. I absolutely loved this company and was consistently among the top performers, unfortunately they did close the doors company wide at the end of 2019."

"HORRIBLE place to work for! They are greedy and only care about the money. They have ridiculous goals to reach for sales averages. If you are under, you can easily be let go for failing to maintain it. They also expect you to push sales and get high sales when people specifically walk in for the one pose special, which kills your average. You also are expected to be unethical and not tell customers that they can ship their products to the studio FOR FREE instead of paying $15 for shipping to be sent to their home. On top of all that, they overbook appointments. They book every 20 minutes and it's ridiculous. You're expected to be in the camera room in 20 minutes and then through the sales process in 30 minutes. So one hour total is the goal. It's ridiculous and when you get really behind, customers get angry and take it out on you. Forget about taking any days off unless it's an emergency. They are in constant blackout for Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, July 4th, Halloween and then you hit blackout from the last Monday of October until January. Studio managers can be a pain too. If you have car issues and don't have a backup vehicle, it's an unexcused absence if you miss. You're expected to be there. They expect you to pay for Uber or Lyft, especially if you have NO MONEY or find a relative within 1.5 hrs to take you to work. They don't care about your circumstances. Corporate is horrible. They say we're "one big family", but they only care about the money. They could care less about how we're treated. They filed for bankruptcy and need to go out of business. The positive reviews you have read are from the higher ups to make themselves look good. RUN THE OTHER WAY! DO NOT WORK FOR THESE PEOPLE! By the way, once you leave, you're never allowed to return UNLESS they let you go due to a studio closing. Oh and their packages are VERY overpriced. Do yourselves a favor and go to another studio. Trust me, you'll thank me later for this review."

"I worked over Christmas and was well aware it would be a temporary gig. I loved the job! I wasn't expecting it to be as fast paced as it was, but I was happy with the skills I learned here. I will say that if you can handle the job and keep a good average then you could go up in the company :) but that is all I will say about that. I think most people who get into this job don't expect it to be a sales job though, and for some creative people that is an issue. It really becomes a matter of, "are you a sales person or are you a photographer" question. And if you are good at one, then you will learn to be good at the other within the company. This company will train you to be good at your job. It is up to you to make it work for you!"

"You always have to be on your toes at Portrait Innovations. From the moment you walk in to work, you are on the floor, playing with children, getting them to laugh, posing, and snapping pictures. As a manager I was able to step back from this at times, and overlook the studio flow. The amount of staff per studio is very small, you become close family."

"I worked for Portrait Innovations for a few months and it was a huge learning experience since I came on around the holiday season."

"hard work"

What do you like about working at Portrait Innovations?

"I worked with great people and got job experience in retail and photography."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be careful. Great place to work during off season, but during the holidays you will work 70 hour weeks, will have only one day off a week at random, and will be overbooked to the point of a panic attack. If you can survive the holidays, you will be raking in bonuses and fat paychecks from all the hours you worked. BEWARE, though. They fire those with the lowest sales averages at the end of the holidays. The worst thing about the job is that no matter how good you are, if you can't meet a $102 a week sales average, they will fire you, no matter how good your pictures are. If you are a natural-born salesman who loves photography and working with children, this is the job for you though!"

What don't you like about working at Portrait Innovations?

"The studio is not run well. The management is weak, and corporate needs to develop a better system for booking appointments over the holidays."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management needs to work just as hard if not even harder than employees. They aren't just there to bark commands or make the workers do their work. They are there to keep the gears of the clock running like clockwork."

"Each day is a fun, fast pace, I was promoted soon after I started working."

What do you like about working at Portrait Innovations?

"It is a great learning experience, with sales, while I get to be creative and have fun while at work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It is a fast pace job with room for advancements. Go in and do your job, love what you do and you will go far with the company."

What don't you like about working at Portrait Innovations?

"The schedule is never set and can change the night before you work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My manager is great at what she does and I can't suggest that she does anything different."

What do you like about working at Portrait Innovations?

"I like being a photographer. Dealing with different bustiers is actually not bad at all, it's refreshing."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's not so bad, really. Usually your team is composed of great people and there is a lot of down time when it's not Christmas or Easter season. However,.corporate will get to you and you'll feel like your job is constantly threatened, beware."

What don't you like about working at Portrait Innovations?

"There is no freedom. Corporate controls everything, how to shoot, how to sell, how to answer the phone. memorize scripts, improve your already high sales average..."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would pay a lot more attention to lower level employees. They're the ones making the money and deserve to have a voice."

"Co-Workers are great but middle and upper management cannot retain employees"

What do you like about working at Portrait Innovations?

"I loved the people and the work I did (technical support)."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Emphasize experience with photography or desire to learn."

What don't you like about working at Portrait Innovations?

"Forced to punch out for lunch breaks during Christmas season but don't actually get to take lunch. No waiver signed. Highly unethical. Certain Department Managers do not have any idea how to manager. Turn over is about as high as or higher then McDonalds."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take some Management courses. Learn to delegate properly not ask for impossible tasks to be done and sit at your computer playing video games and demanding tasks that require over an hour to be done in 20 minutes. This is not false information. Three people in the same department left over the lack of management abilities after utilizing the open door policy. Nothing has been done to this date."