Last year June 2010, I was offered a position at Kiddie Kandids and decided to immediately accept. I was trained in Palmdale,CA at a Picture Me Studio, for about three to four months because our studio was not re-opened yet in our mall.
When the training first started we were car pooling with our new manager, but when our date kept getting pushed back we had the only option of working in Palmdale or Ontario, however we needed our own personal transportation and gas, food, money.
Let me let you know I do not live in Ontario or Palmdale I live about a hour away, and I got 0.25 per mile...
So for the entire summer of last year, I was not making any money. It happened to be that my fellow employees wanted to work too but "did not have their own transportation" so I immediately stepped up and started to take them to work down in Ontario or Palmdale with me.
Not once did any of the four other girls, offer me gas money to drive them.
While, my manager was at home I was driving everyday and started to assume responsibility I was asked to make schedules and train the other girls to be more of what my manager wanted. But I allowed the responsibility to prove that I was hardworking and that I wanted to move up in the company.
Finally, our store opened and we were not at all properly trained, my fist sitting was a complete mess and I had to have my manager assist me. Slowly over time I got better, still had usual complaints from customers that just wanted a free 10 by 13 sheet but I was the top seller and was often running around doing anything to help customers or fellow employees. I fastly dedicated myself the company, and started coming in everyday I had off and started buying props, cleaning supplies, candy with my own money.
My manager was cool in the beginning, and slowly turned into a roller coaster of emotions every moment. You could not approach her, and she often received complaints about her attitude. She once threw papers on the ground and told another employee to pick them up, she did.
Really, why I left because of my manager we were very close at one time but she treated her employees like ***. The company placed so much pressure on her to sell a certain amount of CDS, sheets, collections that she placed every fustration on me to relate to my fellow employees.
Again, five of us were hired by this point only two original girls were left.
The week before I left......I received a text from my manager "kc u open gate" at 3:30-4:00am on a Friday night. I never did reply because I had no idea what it said that morning however my manager never did come to work. It was my only day off and I started to receive constant calls from 9:00am my district manager did not even know where she was.
The girls working were completely overwhelmed so I decided to come in wearing street clothes and immediately started on a party of 13. I worked till closing, still never hearing what happened to my manager until the next day where she totally lied. She swore she was so sick, that she could not call anyone to let them know what she doing or where she was. But she later admitted to me she was so drunk that she forgot to wake up and come to work so she had her boyfriend lie for her. Pathetic.
Once again, I excused it but I was so angry. CPI will write you up if you did not tell a customer have a nice day, CPI will write you up if your sells are low, but my manager received only a verbal warning. That day was one of the most stressful days of my life, but my manager only had her hand slapped.
I had it, I put in my two weeks notice after receiving another job. I came in to work after I put in my two weeks and was written up for being inappropriate with a customer, supposedly the husband called and told my manager that I stated to them " That my stomach hurt" and thats so inappropriate and that I did not take enough time with their children.
I was shaking, when I saw that write up, worse my manager tried to threaten me with sexual harrassment. I never was allowed to write my side of the story and was forced to sign it never even receiving a copy.
I called my district manager that night, and told her I was upset and she did not give a ***. After confiding in her, telling her I could not talk to my manager because she was unapproachable, unpredictable, and basically a *** I asked her to disclose what I talked to her about to manager, she did.
She called me, and I told her the truth of what I thought and she cut my hours by half. I could not even finish my two weeks because they make is so miserable.
I would never recommend anyone applying or worse working for CPI, their employees live in constant fear or losing their job, being fired, or being on call on their days off. If you do work there, it will consume your life and Kiddie Kandids will be your life. I hope this long essay will help out. Thanks for letting me vent!
Oh, one more thing.
The CDs are cheap really about worth then bucks, if that.
We bundle the packages so you spend more and do not realize it.
We are told we have to make enhancements 2 boarder, 2 vingettes, 2 collages, and 2 specialty products to up-sell you.
The sheets used to be 9.99 plain but really we tell you its 20.00 per sheet and we enhance them anyway.
We lie, to you and your kids if you have a ugly child we tell you they are so cute even though they are not.
We used to have the 7.99 package and if you told us you wanted it we would do bad pictures so you could not pick the first pose because it sucked so bad or we take even more pictures so you buy more.
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When the training first started we were car pooling with our new manager, but when our date kept getting pushed back we had the only option of working in Palmdale or Ontario, however we needed our own personal transportation and gas, food, money.
Let me let you know I do not live in Ontario or Palmdale I live about a hour away, and I got 0.25 per mile...
So for the entire summer of last year, I was not making any money. It happened to be that my fellow employees wanted to work too but "did not have their own transportation" so I immediately stepped up and started to take them to work down in Ontario or Palmdale with me.
Not once did any of the four other girls, offer me gas money to drive them.
While, my manager was at home I was driving everyday and started to assume responsibility I was asked to make schedules and train the other girls to be more of what my manager wanted. But I allowed the responsibility to prove that I was hardworking and that I wanted to move up in the company.
Finally, our store opened and we were not at all properly trained, my fist sitting was a complete mess and I had to have my manager assist me. Slowly over time I got better, still had usual complaints from customers that just wanted a free 10 by 13 sheet but I was the top seller and was often running around doing anything to help customers or fellow employees. I fastly dedicated myself the company, and started coming in everyday I had off and started buying props, cleaning supplies, candy with my own money.
My manager was cool in the beginning, and slowly turned into a roller coaster of emotions every moment. You could not approach her, and she often received complaints about her attitude. She once threw papers on the ground and told another employee to pick them up, she did.
Really, why I left because of my manager we were very close at one time but she treated her employees like ***. The company placed so much pressure on her to sell a certain amount of CDS, sheets, collections that she placed every fustration on me to relate to my fellow employees.
Again, five of us were hired by this point only two original girls were left.
The week before I left......I received a text from my manager "kc u open gate" at 3:30-4:00am on a Friday night. I never did reply because I had no idea what it said that morning however my manager never did come to work. It was my only day off and I started to receive constant calls from 9:00am my district manager did not even know where she was.
The girls working were completely overwhelmed so I decided to come in wearing street clothes and immediately started on a party of 13. I worked till closing, still never hearing what happened to my manager until the next day where she totally lied. She swore she was so sick, that she could not call anyone to let them know what she doing or where she was. But she later admitted to me she was so drunk that she forgot to wake up and come to work so she had her boyfriend lie for her. Pathetic.
Once again, I excused it but I was so angry. CPI will write you up if you did not tell a customer have a nice day, CPI will write you up if your sells are low, but my manager received only a verbal warning. That day was one of the most stressful days of my life, but my manager only had her hand slapped.
I had it, I put in my two weeks notice after receiving another job. I came in to work after I put in my two weeks and was written up for being inappropriate with a customer, supposedly the husband called and told my manager that I stated to them " That my stomach hurt" and thats so inappropriate and that I did not take enough time with their children.
I was shaking, when I saw that write up, worse my manager tried to threaten me with sexual harrassment. I never was allowed to write my side of the story and was forced to sign it never even receiving a copy.
I called my district manager that night, and told her I was upset and she did not give a ***. After confiding in her, telling her I could not talk to my manager because she was unapproachable, unpredictable, and basically a *** I asked her to disclose what I talked to her about to manager, she did.
She called me, and I told her the truth of what I thought and she cut my hours by half. I could not even finish my two weeks because they make is so miserable.
I would never recommend anyone applying or worse working for CPI, their employees live in constant fear or losing their job, being fired, or being on call on their days off. If you do work there, it will consume your life and Kiddie Kandids will be your life. I hope this long essay will help out. Thanks for letting me vent!
Oh, one more thing.
The CDs are cheap really about worth then bucks, if that.
We bundle the packages so you spend more and do not realize it.
We are told we have to make enhancements 2 boarder, 2 vingettes, 2 collages, and 2 specialty products to up-sell you.
The sheets used to be 9.99 plain but really we tell you its 20.00 per sheet and we enhance them anyway.
We lie, to you and your kids if you have a ugly child we tell you they are so cute even though they are not.
We used to have the 7.99 package and if you told us you wanted it we would do bad pictures so you could not pick the first pose because it sucked so bad or we take even more pictures so you buy more.
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