First off, there is no base rate. They advertise that they pay $17 an hour, but that base rate goes away after 3 months and from then on you are solely working off of commission. You’ll earn about 5-7 dollars per car that you shoot, however there’s a big risk considering that not all dealerships have enough work to provide a steady check. Some days you may have 20, others you may have 3, depending on your dealerships. If there isn’t enough work for you, they’ll send you home, and there goes a day wasted. You’ll often be spending more on gas going to different dealers than you will be earning money for the day. Photographers only earn a small percentage of the money the company actually makes off of each photograph sequence, they only care about turning a profit. The company isn’t transparent with its employees, don’t risk it, there’s a reason there’s such a high turnover rate. If you ask about it, they’ll tell you that these people that left weren’t working hard enough and there’s a lot of money to be made, it’s a trap. Don’t risk it, you’re expendable to them.
