Almost no training exists for those new to AV industry - Audio Technician AV Concepts Employee Review

2.0
24 Feb 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great starting pay, consistent schedules, potential opportunities in various directions, way more organized than your average AV company.

Cons

If you are new to the audio-visual industry, look elsewhere. In my interview I explained how I have only been in AV for a few months and was hired. There was absolutely no training other than helping with warehouse management. In fact, that was 90% of the job. Even my skilled co-workers saw maybe 1-3 sets a month outside the warehouse. I did not expect that at this job. I'm far from perfect but I felt since day one that I was drinking out of a fire-hose with how the warehouse managed itself, which was difficult on top of how vastly different each department handled itself and how huge the warehouse was. I made mistakes here and there, but nothing that surprising about a newcomer, and luckily these mistakes were simple fixes and did not halt our progress and I learned from them. However, these mistakes were too much for management, and some of management had awful attitudes towards me, which made me feel uncomfortable around them. After only about 6 weeks I was let go due to not being able to catch up. I respected this decision and honestly I totally get it. I was making mistakes and clearly was far behind compared to my co-workers. However it felt like a mixture of I should not have been hired due to how new I was to this industry, and not having actual training is of no help to me nor the company. Other than ONE set I went to, all I did was check in and check out AV equipment in the warehouse and organize the shelves. I don't believe that is how you train someone to be an audio technician. I wish the job treated me differently, but I hope whoever replaces me is treated better.

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5.0
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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Learn from many different people. In the summer can get 40hrs/week despite it being slow in business in the valley and can learn different boards and set up/learn different pieces of equipment

Cons

Disorganized and no optimized efficiency of online systems. Not enough communication between higher ups and it trickles down into issues the technicians must then deal with or formulate contingencies for.

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