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B&H Photo Video

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Wasted Potential - Senior Content Writer B&H Photo Video Employee Review

1.0
30 Aug 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you shop at B&H, the employee discounts are nice. Reasonable benefits. Nearly impossible to be fired.

Cons

While your experience at B&H will largely depend on which floor/department you work in and who your manager is, there are issues with B&H's company culture that prospective hires should carefully consider before accepting an offer. First, B&H is deeply, deeply entrenched in an antiquated business model so if you don't like working in a cubicle that hasn't been cleaned since 1980, you probably will not enjoy the workplace in the offices. While they are currently WFH on Fridays, you are expected to be sitting at a desk from 9-6 Monday through Thursday regardless of your job title. Nearly nobody in management comes from a photo background or understands the photo industry beyond sales which quickly becomes tiresome for anyone working in creative roles. It has been a slow bleed of senior creative talent since B&H has returned to the offices which has led to demoralized, unmotivated teams. Workers bond over their collective exasperation and frustration with management. B&H also gets away with a lot of things that a public company could never pull off. Conservatively, 80-90% of management in the offices is the same gender and ethnicity. Countless managers are appointed with no qualifications beyond being related to someone or having dirt on someone higher up than them-- with exactly the kind of results you would expect. This is a company where the head of HR is the CEO's sister. You will also be celebrating Jewish holidays which is fun at first (if you are salaried, that is-- hourly workers have to cover many of those days with PTO). However, you have to use PTO to cover national holidays if you don't want to report to your cubicle on the Fourth of July for example. For a company with so much potential, it is a shame to see what it has become under its current leadership.

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5.0
27 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great experience with the team

Cons

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1.0
26 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some nice co-workers across different departments They only hire because people keep leaving.. so if you need a job to fill a role they have, they will take you to fill a position.

Cons

-Extreme workload and high expectations for little pay. -PTO has to be used for a Jewish holiday if you want to get paid. They give you a mousepad showing if you will get paid on certain days. You work all year long and regular employees only get 1 day for Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Years. -Micromanagement and consent surveillance. You are tracked on the computer and how long you stay in a program or if you are away from your desk for too long it will get flagged. -They hired a new company from the outside to monitor you as well to the point where you can't use your phone. They want to give you a flip phone. -Very toxic management and HR staff... very unfair and will give you zero give if you need to work from home.. they will tell you use your PTO. -Zero career growth whatsoever, everyone. -Favoritism gets you higher up in the company. -Very behind in tech & software on the corporate side but they want to have the latest for the vendors. -High revolving door, very churn & burn mentality. -End to WFH on Fridays... You will only be coming in for 4 hours... tough if you are traveling from far away... -Zero culture and no work-life balance

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