Director Client services - Anonymous employee Pixel Studio Productions Employee Review

Decent pay. The owners are generally upbeat and excited about their work to begin with.

They are not clear when relaying information to you. They tell you one thing, then just let you go, expecting you to read their minds. I am a photographer. I know what i'm doing and my work reflects that. I was expected to hand over raw image files...unedited files...they judged my work from that. They did not pay me for time I took out of my day for "training", in which they sent me out to take photos for them (with them hovering over my shoulder). I have a degree in this field and a great portfolio to show for it. I don't need training. Not to mention, they didn't even have me sign a contract with them stating that whatever images I took for them, belong to them. Not until after I had already shot a couple assignments for them did they have me sign anything. I was basically working off of contract, which is not okay. They did not show me any way of documenting hours worked for them, so I basically had to go off of their word and hope that they paid me however many hours I worked. One of the owners basically used me as a taxi service, I had to drive him around town to complete his errands. I was handed cash, which is fine...but that's not what I signed up for. It was a gross misuse of my time and my skills as a photographer. I quit after 2 weeks. Not to mention, I have heard nothing but negative things from the customer's perspective as well. The photographer (Eddie, owner) sending other photographers to complete jobs for him, in which he stated he'd be the main photographer. I have seen him grossly overcharge people for services they knew nothing about. For instance, a customer wanted some portraits taken of herself and wanted some black and white photos. He outright stated that'd be easy and charged her a large fee for simply going into photoshop and applying a FILTER. Took him all of 2 seconds and he charged her PER PHOTO. He didn't even take the time to personalize the image. In another instance, he charged bought a frame off of a guy for about $20 that was worth well over $100. He gave me $10 to disassemble the frame to remove the artwork. That was the last day I worked for him. I will not work for someone who takes advantage of customers like that.