Working at JOHN ROBERT POWERS: 29 Reviews

The environment was very unsupportive and encouraged employees to compete with each other, to the extent that employees would steal potential client information from each other. Pay, beyond base wage, was dependent on how many leads you successfully scheduled for casting calls. The bonus structure for this was a very good incentive, but the environment in the office resulted in schedulers being encouraged to try to steal each other's leads.

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Customer Service Representative (Former Employee) - Rockville Centre, NY - April 28, 2021

Good place to go and work to be a part of a team. Though they are extra at times overall still good company and one of my favorite places to have worked

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Enjoy my day

Administrative Assistant/Front Desk (Current Employee) - Schaumburg, IL - February 12, 2021

fast paced, fun job. This is a small office so you can really make an impact. There is always something to do, never boring. The staff works together as a team for the success of the clients.

Pros

making an impact everyday

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This place sucks

Sales/Admissions Director (Former Employee) - Schaumburg, IL - September 3, 2019

I’m a true professional in the business and these people here are not. They don’t care about you! They only care about how much money you can make them and will pay you pennies on the dollar. They require you to work a set schedule of minimum of 40+ hours per week and you’re paid only commissions. No base salary. All that hard work, time and money spent wasted. It was the most unprofessionalrofessional place and they’re disgusting people that are scamming people out of their money.

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Unprofessional Management

Call Center Agent (Former Employee) - Memphis, TN - August 15, 2018

Either you kiss the manager's wide butt or get attitude and complaints no matter how high your sells. They would also try to skimp on bonuses we earned so it's important to keep track of your own sells.

Pros

Small office setting, co-workers were great

Cons

Management sucks

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JOHN ROBERT POWERS insights

Based on 9 survey responses

What people like

Ability to learn new things
Feeling of personal appreciation
Support from manager

fun

Telephone interviewer/manager (Former Employee) - Tucson, AZ - March 24, 2018

I liked this job because there was no matter what compensation because people always showed up so that they can audition to attend the school and you got to meet some famous people.

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Fun working environment

Receptionist (Former Employee) - Las Vegas, NV - October 17, 2017

Working for John Robert Powers was a great experience. I learned a lot about the modeling and acting industry. This job also taught me how to push yourself to the limit, it is a tough industry.

Pros

Fun working place

Cons

Need to have tough skin

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Loved working with young girls to build confidence

Office Manager/Instructor (Former Employee) - Memphis, TN - October 3, 2017

It was so much fun getting paid to encourage young girls in their poise and confidence. It was the most rewarding first job I could have possibly imagined.

Pros

Seeing personal growth in young women

Cons

not a lot of available hours

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Inexpereienced leadership

Drama Instructor (Former Employee) - Boston, MA - September 20, 2017

Some good people working there. No direction for teachers. Had to develop own curriculum. Ownership was mixed. School is now closed. Poor leadership at the end.

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Fun great people to work with.

Modeling (Former Employee) - Dallas, TX - April 16, 2017

It's been many years since I work with John Robert Powers but it was a great company I met lots of people met my girlfriend of 3 years there there's a lot of benefits but I don't know how it's right now

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Senior Account Manager (Former Employee) - Houston, TX - January 23, 2017

More than anything the location was the main reason I worked here. The hours were okay. A Lot of overtime was required. I would not refer this company to anyone who doesn't like working on weekends

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Great Peers

Studio Manager/Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) - New York, NY - October 26, 2015

Great place. I Miss my Executive Director. She was the absolute best and totally understanding. She didn't mind training me on things I had little working knowledge of.

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Definately a challenge

Regional Director of Talent (Current Employee) - Metairie, LA - July 27, 2015

Your day starts with callbacks of potential clients that are being reveiwed for recruitment of the academy. Your job is to explain to them where they were rated by the admissions staff and whether or not we are interested in them attending. Then we confirm all of our appointments for the day and check to see what payments are due for current clients. As admissions director you are in charge of collections for past due tuition as well as running payments and recruiting new clients. After running payments and calling on collections you start seeing appointments. Your job now is to determine a persons level of raw talent and or professional talent/experience during their interview/audition. In this process you explain about the school while testing them on a short commercial for acting, a song for singing and take measurements, weight, and height if interested in modeling. After collecting pictures that completes the interview process. You complete an average of 6 interviews per day and will be able to recruit 1 of those 6 on average. You also have to deal with customer service issues with current clients encouraging them and giving advise for the industry. The admissions are self starters and bascially have their own business within the walls of the school. I have learned a lot about the entertainment industry in being around actors all day long and testing people, working with them to learn basic fundamentals of acting. I have learned that people somtimes need encouragement and inspiration to continue pursuing a career. Acting is very hard and a lot of people want to quit the -

Pros

fun job, fun industry

Cons

limited income potential, unprofessional ownership.

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Great place to work!

Receptionist/ Promotion Director (Former Employee) - Sacramento, CA - May 7, 2015

Loved working for this company, however most locations have gone under due to lack of new client traffic. My only con for this company is that they are willing to sell classes to people who are barely making ends meet promising the chance for their child to meet an actual agent and have the chance to be signed.

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100% sales commission

Talent Director (Former Employee) - Chicago, IL - April 13, 2015

This job was a joke. The lady didnt tell me that it was 100% sales commission until the last minute. And you have to pay for all your own travel. Its just tricking kids into thinking that they are going to gain representation from this "school" by having them sign up for bogus acting/modeling classes.

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Travel North America and Empower

Sales Assistant to National Talent Director (Former Employee) - National, US - December 11, 2014

This job was incredible. Traveling all over the US, and North America to find the most talented people and hone their skills to help them be the best person they can be, and equip them with tools to succeed in the entertainment and fashion industry.

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