If you want part time and love change this is a dream job. - Audio Video Engineer/Technician IATSE Local 16 Employee Review

5.0
Apr 3, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Fantastic camaraderie. No ladder climbing. A+ for part-time work. Benefits if you reach quota. Nice to see more female and minorities being electrics, riggers etc. Change is slowly happening. Lots of learning from events, people, technology etc.

Cons

Tough to get full-time consistent work. Challenging to make longer term plans because jobs are given weekly.

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5.0
Jan 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay when you can get work, good people to work with. Variety of interesting venues.

Cons

Work is random, you usually aren't given the contact info of your stewards so it can be hard to find the work location sometimes.

1.0
Nov 18, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

money and a few decent folks. Note, ONLY a few. more nasty than kind.

Cons

awful nepotism in every area. Women only get graphics position on show calls and those women are wives, girlfriends, cousins.....99% white men on all show calls. It makes you ill. they force anyone who isn't their wife, daughter, cousin into labor only. the body can only do that so long. Have an education? AVOID. it will kill you to have your intellect ignored b/c nepotism. Also the DEI group does nothing and is fake.

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