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Toronto Film School

Stay very far away from this place. 

Unreachable sales targets (they do this on purpose so you don't get paid out, but upper management still gets paid on commissions) 

How it works: 
Each term(every 3 months) you will be given a target. If you don't hit 50% of your target, you don't get paid out. You also have to make sure all your students stay in the program for 3 weeks, which means calling them everyday and making sure they attend all classes. If your student miss classes, you don't get paid for them. Its a long disorganized process of admissions, acceptance, and staying in the program. Horrible sales training. They don't understand how to manage a team. The worst leaders. They would harass and embarrass employees in front of the team. They do 1-1 meetings with you once a week, and if you are doing poorly they will put pressure on you, instead of helping out. They will keep you around to do the grunt work while other advisers profit from that. The salary is not worth it: Be prepared to make 100 calls, hold 2/3 meetings with potential students, plus a tour A DAY! They will ask you stay late, and commit to the job to get more enrolls- but don't drink the kool-aid. (no over time BTW). 

OVERALL: You have to make over 500 calls/book 20 interviews/ hold 15 meetings with potential students and secure 3 enrolls A WEEK. You will have to put pressure on students just to get an app/fee in. Very disorganized and very unprofessional. No way of climbing up the cooperate ladder. Waist of time, not worth it at all. So many better opportunities out there. 

DO NOT WAIST YOUR TIME. Stay far away from this admissions management team, its by far the worst working environment and worst work culture.   New upper management is needed! The school has amazing programs, but to work in this Admissions department is a joke. They need to focus on getting better quality students, not just an app fee to get your enrolls up weekly. Do not be fooled by this admissions company. They really have no idea what they are doing. Change management!

I worked for this company for almost 5 years, and I wouldn’t be where I am today professionally and personally without them. Management cares about their teams, their development and providing opportunity for growth. Within my tenure I was promoted three times for example. The training has completely changed with it now being 4 weeks and with lots of opportunities to learn, practice and perfect. As a admissions advisor it is a truly rewarding career, as you are helping students change their lives and pursuing their passion. TFS Has quadrupled in size since I first started, and is only exponentially growing. In admissions you have a lot of independence to manage your student files, however you are still held accountable to insure you are connecting with all of your students. Working with everyone is absolutely amazing and sometimes doesn’t even feel like work! The company is working hard at creating a great culture for example by putting on events such as attending the raptors parade, food drinks and billiards, line dancing,  guest speakers, after work drinks, yoga balls, and lots of cake to celebrate everything thing from birthdays to hitting your first milestone etc.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working with students and talking to them about film related issues.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They kept piling up more responsibilities with shorter timelines. They said that students come first before anything else, yet, when you do that, they ask you why something wasn't completed in time. If a student wants to talk to you, ask them to make an appointment. It's pretty difficult to send a student away and tell them to book an appointment when they are in tears begging for help.  When you are in 3-5 days a week, your chances of getting students coming to see you in person with serious issues made it impossible to get anything done.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
One of the most toxic environments I've ever encountered.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
 I was the only one in my department that was coming in 3-5 days a week while the others were in coming in 1 - 2 days. Also, some had less than 100 students to deal with that were all online as I had about 300 that were mostly on- campus.

Dont expect to work 40 hours a week and make any money. 

Many late days, very stressful performance reviews that do not reflect the difficulty of converting basically cold leads. 

No work culture or team building, departments are disjointed and do not communicate well with each other.

Benefits are very basic (health/dental) and they offer no perks (not even a water cooler or coffee) 

No added vacation - 10 days only unless you get promoted and you are only allowed to take it 25 weeks of the year as the other 27 are "Blackout dates" 

No raises, the opposite actually because of the high rate of turn around they always have a large number of staff which divides potential students even more. Commissions structures are set to avoid fair compensation ( only 1 or 2 advisors hit 100% their goal frequently as they recieve special treatment)

Long hours of contacting, leads generated by aggregators (not organically)
Great for those that enjoy daily challenges and dealing with a variety of personality types  
Management is disconnected from what is needed for an employee to be successful and will always place the blame on the employee before internally reviewing its practices 
Aggressive targets with a bonus structure that will not be presented to the employee until a month before the start of term, ignore the clear issues that all employees notice and refuse to take advice 
There is no internal hiring, they will always outside hire before allowing an employee to advance (tell you you are too valuable to let go)
The employees are all in the same boat so some are amazing and others see everyone as competitions so be prepared for that type of environment even from other programs

I was in admissions department. There is a lot to learn and the sales training has been improved. The Northern campus is in a poor state of condition thus the high tuition fees do not justify the spend. Hard sell for this one. The advisors are friendly and good team. Management does not support advancement and the pay structure changes and is becoming lower and lower for commissions every 6 months. The workload increases while the expectations and pay stay the same. Good place as a first sales job but not for the long term.

I worked in IT department (which we were just 2 coworkers!). I can say I worked very hard for them and they used me to do lots of projects with minimum range of salary.IT manager is a very young aggressive guy without any knowledge of programming which even he doesn't know about the logic of projects that he gives!,Definitely not recommended for workplace and I suggest to take your knowledge somewhere that can help you grow and gain more programming knowledge.

The days are busy but when you work with such an amazing team, it doesn't feel like work. Managers are very supportive and they appreciate your hard work. Peers are very connected and supportive with each other. 

I had a hard time studying and working at the same. The course was intensive, and the staff understood that I was studying. The workplace was catered to the situation I was in, and it wasn't the best workplace, but it worked for getting by in college. I am highly appreciative.

Managment needed to be replaced with competent, knowledge and open to education in the 21Cen.
Quality Assurance exists only on paper but the reality is something else.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Research assistant 2 salaries reported	$20.00 per hour
Administrative assistant 2 salaries reported	$45,100 per year
Service coordinator 1 salary reported	$55,000 per year
Receptionist 1 salary reported	$20.00 per hour
Engagement specialist 1 salary reported	$72,500 per year

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