Pros
Everyday is usually always different than the previous day. Get to capture memories. Photograph kids.
Cons
Not enough hourly pay- barely minimum wage (still after working here for more than 3 years and still have had no raise. If something goes wrong at the school it's usually on "us" to figure it out. No communication from the upper people to the photographers whatsoever. We're just basically with the company to "take pictures" if even that anymore. The company policies keep changing and I feel as though there is no magic in capturing these children's school memories anymore. With these new policies in effect it also makes it tougher for us to pose these kids now and get a good quality picture. The management knows how hard we struggle and try to take our time on each kid but they still want to criticize our pictures after we come back from a 10hr shift and expect to see changes the next day. I just wish they took one week max and "walk in our shoes" and remember what it was like to have to wake up in the crack of dawn go to these school, deal with the stress of trying to cope with these kids and most of the time the school's staff and then to have to tear down and drive back home to be told that our pictures still aren't good enough. When will we ever be good enough?
