Lifetouch reviews

3.1

48% would recommend to a friend

(2,229 total reviews)
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Ken Murphy

51% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Lifetouch has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,229 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lifetouch employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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5.0
Jun 29, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The people are great and the work day is never the same. There is always something new to learn or do. I feel like people in upper management listen to the employees that are working the front line of the business. Maybe everything is not implemented but jus the fact that I feel like my opinion is valued is important to me.

Cons

At times can be stressful. Working for a large company is sometimes not good because change is a long time coming. It took too long for Lifetouch to move to digital cameras and this has hurt business some.

5.0
Aug 3, 2012

Excellent Organization

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Being Employee Owned, Lifetouch National School Studios treats its employees well and has excellent benefits and opportunity for career development. The Employee Stock Ownership Program keeps all employees motivated to insure the company does well. There are hundreds of people that work for Lifetouch for greater than 15 years due to the great environment and substantial retirement benefits.

Cons

Lifetouch is a large corporation, but functions in many ways as a small company. This can make the coordination of work difficult.

1.0
Jan 25, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

If you are interested ONLY in camera time and don't care to make any money,this might be for you.

Cons

Where to begin...... The marketing strategy is to lure Churches into accepting the offer of a FREE Directory of the congregation as well as a FREE 8x10 of their directory pose.When you are done taking the photos,it is your position to change hats from photographer to salesperson.Let the fun begin. This is a strictly commission based position.Commission is based on total number of sits (guests) per day and formulated with some bizzarre computaions. Guests per day average about 10+ per photographer.Average sales are usually very poor,sometimes I make less than $30.00/day.My last paycheck was 267.00 for TWO weeks! Trying to share the "WOW" experience with guests is very frustrating when their standard reply is usually..."Oh,we just had pictures done" or "My Son/Daughter is a photographer and they take our pictures" and on and on and on.People don't have the extra money for photos.Many like them,but simply can't afford the,thus they opt for the FREE 8x10. Their print prices are high...$25.00 for a standard 8X10,plus $9.95 shipping PLUS tax! The expense package is a joke. .25/mile and $65/day for motel and food.100's of mile on my car every week,certainly is adding up the >.25/mile. I would not recommend working for them. They cannot keep people and they don't care.

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