If you are new to the audio-visual industry, look elsewhere. In my interview I explained how I have only been in AV for a few months and was hired. There was absolutely no training other than helping with warehouse management. In fact, that was 90% of the job. Even my skilled co-workers saw maybe 1-3 sets a month outside the warehouse. I did not expect that at this job.
I'm far from perfect but I felt since day one that I was drinking out of a fire-hose with how the warehouse managed itself, which was difficult on top of how vastly different each department handled itself and how huge the warehouse was. I made mistakes here and there, but nothing that surprising about a newcomer, and luckily these mistakes were simple fixes and did not halt our progress and I learned from them. However, these mistakes were too much for management, and some of management had awful attitudes towards me, which made me feel uncomfortable around them.
After only about 6 weeks I was let go due to not being able to catch up. I respected this decision and honestly I totally get it. I was making mistakes and clearly was far behind compared to my co-workers. However it felt like a mixture of I should not have been hired due to how new I was to this industry, and not having actual training is of no help to me nor the company. Other than ONE set I went to, all I did was check in and check out AV equipment in the warehouse and organize the shelves. I don't believe that is how you train someone to be an audio technician. I wish the job treated me differently, but I hope whoever replaces me is treated better.
