Pros
Great group of talented artists Competitive pay with benefits
Cons
I believe most, if not all, problems that pertain to this company have to do with the lack of experience from management on how to run an animation studio as well as relying on YouTube for a steady source of income. Unrealistic goals and expectations were set from the very beginning, with a week turnaround for 8-10 minute animated videos made by a 6 person team. Holidays and time off had to be “earned” by a required crunch of work time and hours beforehand. Management based promotions off of willingness to work overtime and on the weekends not artistic or leadership ability. Not enough time was devoted to preproduction/pre-visualization and resulted in storyboards being revised mid week with multiple corrections having to be made mid production. Positions were left vacant while the rest of the team was expected to pick up the slack. There were inconsistencies in wages among positions and extra roles were often expected outside of job descriptions. Accommodations were only given or offered to certain employees. No formal training was offered to employees or those promoted to a lead position. Apart from all this, management was consistently unresponsive when approached with solutions or suggestions brought by the animation department despite the fact their animation team exhibited more knowledge of the field.