disc jockey

videographer

photographer

wedding planner

master of ceremonies

Complete Weddings + Events

The overall idea is, Complete signs you on as a service provider (DJ, Lighting, Photographer.Videographer, etc...) Training is vast and fulfilling, but you don't get paid until you complete several events without bad feedback from the client. It sounds easy, at first, but after the 3rd or 4th event you begin to wonder if it's worth it. Driving across state, using gas, setting up equipment in the hot sun and providing a service without getting paid. That will have you ready to quit. Completing that process really depends on your motivation and end-goal. 
Management leaves a little to be desired. Very goal-oriented guy, but he tends to speak with a condescending tone while I was there. He means well, but not my style. 
It's rough at first, but If you can stomach the "hazing" part of the process, things will smooth and the money comes in. It's not a life-changing paycheck, but travelling to places I'd never heard of, meeting people I would have never encountered and having a company help build and market my skill added a different kind of value. The more events you do, the more money you make, but keep in mind, each event eats one whole day (usually a Saturday). Like I said, it all depends on your motivation and end-goal.
-Cheers

The brand is solid in the industry and the workers/staff were very nice at this location. The job itself is 90%+ text blasting, emailing, voice mails and pretty hardcore corporate sales. "Smiling and dialing" type of stuff. 

Endless "end of the month" sales and other desperate promotions undermine the value of the services in the name of short term numbers boosting. Despite constant rhetoric by the owner of encouragement and helping people, there was an over-emphasis at day's end on raw numbers and money and much less about the employee and developing and encouraging them. I received no coaching or help even when I presented situations I was struggling with. Very apathetic attitude from owner related to that vs exploring ways to better the situation. It felt very corporate and sterile. Lots of gimmicky sales philosophies and misplaced ambition by the owner in wanting to take over the world too quickly vs. systematically building something of quality with a solid foundation.

The event directors and managers are very well-organized. There was never a time where pieces of my DJ equipment were missing. Everything was well-maintained and ready go when I went to the office to load my system.

I learned the value of how important each and every event is; That we were not only there to provide music services but an experience to brides/grooms, corporate gatherings, birthday parties, and etc. 

During the on-boarding process, all of the my coworkers who were more experienced than me didn't hold anything back when it came to giving advice. Everyone was extremely helpful.

The hardest part of the job was...well...there wasn't anything hard about the job, but the most enjoyable part of the job was when people would say, "Thank you so much! We had an awesome time, and you did a great job!"

I LOVED the job at the beginning. I really developed as a photographer from shooting weddings and will always be appreciative of the skills I learned from it, and was even inspired to add a photography minor to my college degree. However, the management was horrible. The photography manager was an angel until she left, and then the overall manager took over and it went rapidly downhill. I volunteered to train for photobooth to get some extra cash, and somehow that turned into me being forced to video a wedding that I was never trained for. AKA they wanted me video someone's once in a lifetime wedding with zero training. I refused and since I refused I was told I was not a team player and might as well not consider working another event, so I didn't. 

I love working for COMPLETE weddings + events in Southwest Missouri (Springfield, MO). I started out 5 1/2 years ago as a subcontracted photographer and now I manage the photo and video team as well! At first, it was just a job to help fill my weekends until my own photography business took off and little did I realize it would become my fulltime job. I love being apart of a team that collaborates on what is best for the client and goes above and beyond to make sure everyone's taken care of (including each other). I've made lifelong friends not only here in Springfield but from other locations. COMPLETE invests the time to help you grow in your field as well as personally. You won't find a better work culture than COMPLETE and I truly love coming to work every day and never plan on leaving!

Typical day at work would be me in the office by myself managing everything. Hiring, training staffing, networking, internet marketing, client support, sales, administrative, payroll and janitorial needs.

I learned to effectively run a business.

Management was mostly hands off and provided me with a weekly task list but was mostly given autonomy. That was good in some respects but bad in others. Very hands off and I had to figure out most of what I did by myself.

Hardest part of the job is the stress of filling critical wedding day services with employees who all have higher priorities than us. Had to have multiple back ups and often many of them were unreliable.

I’ve been working at this job for 4 months and I haven’t been paid for my work. They claim videographers must work 3 jobs before they get paid. It was 2 then it changed to 3. Management has been in an awful place due to the previous owners mismanaging money. There isn’t enough work for someone to make a living off of this job. The culture is not welcoming, most of the advice from more experienced videographers is to use AI or automation for the camera to do less work. It is enjoyable to be at a wedding and film quality video however the company itself doesn’t present itself as being of a high standard.

Great for extra money. A chance to use your creativity. Pay is prompt however not always clear to understand why pay varies slightly from check to check.

Very good support staff and friendly people to work with. They assign you to jobs and you do have to be good at working with all kinds of people since this is basically a hospitality job with a creative mission. You don't have to be gushing with clients but you do have to be real and project warmth and interest in your job.

Complete Weddings + Events goes a long way to ensure that employees are treated as a family. A typical day involves picking up your assigned equipment for a show, travel to said show and back after completion, and is usually followed by the various employees (DJ's, photo booth operators, videographers, photographers, and management) unwinding and relaxing in a provided employee lounge afterward. There is a lot of traveling involved, but mileage is well compensated. The best part of working for Complete is getting to unwind after a long day and talk about your job and life with your coworkers.

If you know very much music and are capable of talking to people you don't know, this is an excellent part time job for you. There are certainly some technical aspects to the job, but with the training you get and the fact that you can always call and get help if everything is going wrong, anyone should be able to take care of the issues at their events. Co-workers are friendly and will regularly have food and drinks together after the long nights of taking care of the guests at their events. I would highly recommend COMPLETE to anyone willing to give up their Saturday nights.

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