Impress Ink Reviews

The owner of this shop has no ability to communicate and no sense of professionalism. Instructions for everything are vague and poorly-stated, but he will get angry if you ask for clarification. If anything ever goes wrong -which it always does- he will find a reason to blame you, even if it makes no sense. If you try to defend yourself then you're just making "justifications". Every single issue will be handled publicly and in front of the whole office. The owner spends most of his time berating his employees for not being able to read his mind. One of his employees has worked there for over a decade and gets the exact same treatment. There's no sense of human decency or respect. Furthermore, the work hours are inconsistent and misleading. The owner pays everyone salary because he expects 9-10 hour days with little to no break. Most people are lucky to get 15 minutes in, arrive early, and stay late. Many of the artists are forced to take their work home with them. There are no benefits, and for the workload, you will not be making very much per hour. At the time I arrived, there was only one artist working and he had been there for just over a year. It's very telling to me that this company can't hold on to an art team. Nobody wants to work here long term.

the boss regularly expressed that he wanted employees to work as long as possible, especially salaried employees. he would pressure employees to work more, and hold promotions over their heads to make them comply. "everyone is their own manager" as this is what the boss wanted. if anything goes wrong, and you're in that chain of it going wrong in any way, shape or form, you will be thrown under the bus. no benefits at all in the way of Healthcare or 401k the boss will use anything you do as leverage against you. you clocked out late for lunch and went to take care of something? it will be brought up. three months ago, you made a mistake? it will be brought up against you again and again. promises, and bonuses were regularly thrown around, but never delivered. if they are brought up, they will either be dismissed or you'll get a small portion of what was promised with a made up reason why it didn't happen. the boss will claim he forgot. no matter how much work you do, no matter what you accomplish, the boss will not acknowledge it or give any value to it. the boss will regularly twist things to suit him, or force jobs through without notifying anyone that it needs to be done. you're a work horse; they will never go out and actually fire you unless you give them back the same attitude. but they will berate you over and over again, from 15-60 minutes talks in front of your peers, letting everyone know how much you messed up.