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B&H Photo Video

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B&H Photo Video reviews

3.2

40% would recommend to a friend

(357 total reviews)

Sam Goldstein

43% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

B&H Photo Video has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 357 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The B&H Photo Video employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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357 reviews
1.0
Aug 23, 2020

If Benefits/Salary Are Supreme in Your Life, Work at BH.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Salary, Benefits, and days off.

Cons

Many employees, both in the store, and in 440 8th ave HQ, will never speak how they really feel about the company, out of fear of retaliation. They claim there is none, but working here for them, for years, you would have to be a fool to think there is none. They is a strange structure, one for Jewish employees, and the other for non Jews. You see Jewish employees move up with no qualifications for the positions given to them. If you are non Jewish, they is no way to take some positions unless you are qualified for it. Many managers are like baby sitters in the store. They don't even know the insides of the equipment that many of the employees sell. They micro manage you with the software they call Time Track. I've seen them discriminate against non Jewish women. I noticed that they have now improved with women, but they give the promotions to woman who just join the company instead of giving it to some girls who have been there longer. I've noticed that they promote Caucasian women more than minorities. They easily write you up for little things, so they can build a paper trail to justify never letting you move up, or to terminate you in the future. I've seen colleagues of mine retaliated against. I've seen hundred of employees furloughed but the company does not seem to care to check up on them to see how they are doing. I thought that the company really cared about it's employees. But I guess during this pandemic, it only cares about the ones currently working. I was in a meeting where managers did not even come to the meeting with mask on . And these where Jewish managers. HR is a joke when it comes to trouble shooting problems. They are just there to protect the company, and not really help with the over all well being of the soul of the employee. Mr Schreiber, the owner, has been good to me. I cannot say anything bad about the owner. But I wonder if anyone cares enough to tell him that some people are not really doing good for the soul of the employees. If you ask a Jewish employee, they tow the party line, and will not say anything on record. Even some of the managers in the store talk bad about the upper management, but are too afraid to say it publicly out of fear of loosing their jobs. Like I say, it's like the story of Faust, if you think that the soul of a job is Benefits/Salary, work here. If you think that a job has to feed the soul, and motivation of the human spirit, then don't work here. It will suck the soul from you if that is what you seek. I've toughed it our because I have a huge family to support, so I'm stuck here. If I was young, and single, with a sense of a soul needs, I would not be here.

3.0
Jul 1, 2021

A unique place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work/life balance allows you to disconnect when off the clock, half day each friday and decent employee discount on many items. Some positions allow for growth.

Cons

While in the store my first year, I saw an employee refuse to shake someone's hand because she was a woman. This was for religious reasons. That attitude is built into the fabric of B&H. Very few women work in the offices in positions other than assistant, there is a divide between those who follow the religious customs of the company's founders and everyone else. After 13 months of successful remote work, the CEO decided that remote work is bad and despite concerns about safety, happiness, efficacy and employee retention, the company is better when everyone is in office five days a week, even though one of those is a half-day. Many people have quit. Many more have sent out their resumes. I feel bad for managers who have to replace them. Each email the CEO sends makes things worse. His sister took over HR during 2020 and made an already ineffectual department worse than useless. HR now refuses to get vaccination status from employees and claims it is up to us to police other workers even though we cannot know anyone's status. Catch 22 is a good book but bad look.

1.0
Jun 20, 2024

Avoid

Recommend
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Pros

One free banana is distributed to everyone every day One free mouse pad per year One free water bottle upon arrival

Cons

Outdated business and HR policies Questionable culture and modern business values Poor diversity and next to no inclusion Laughable employee benefits Poor professionalism throughout the hierarchy Antiquated technologies and solutions Uncompetitive salaries across the board Stagnated employee drive and mentality Male chauvinism Unpaid holidays for the unfortunate

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