Pros
- fantastic people and amazing artists and supervisors - artists and supervisors on the floor truly care about one another and passionate about the work - the artists work hard to collaborate and share ideas on a daily basis - the artists push to make their work better on every project - great inside of the building and open workspace - lots of potential for what the studio can be because of the talent in the building - those who start here and leave do very well at the big studios because of getting used to hard schedules and forced efficiencies - living standards are good in Texas - food and dining are great in Texas - people are really nice in Texas
Cons
- senior management continually make the exact opposite decisions that the rest of the company can see as common sense. - leadership's decisions baffle and defy logic - REALLY bad decisions for the choice of directors on the first film due to come out next year. -Whoever is making those decisions should be fired right now. No telling how much money has been wasted from their director mistakes - just overall bad decision making about bidding shows and trying to squeeze every drop out of artists - majority of senior management have never been on the floor as artists or production, and those that have obviously forgot what it takes - seems to be an old boys club with select members who are actually allowed to make the decisions - horrible political climate among senior management that is so bad it easily makes it to the floor - people on the floor are not respected and treated well, as if they can all easily be replaced - floor is always very overworked with long hours and weekends being the norm - no overtime - EXTREMELY underpaid compared to the rest of the industry - only a very small chosen few get paid well, and not surprisingly those are the ones that are way overpaid for what they do - senior management finally tried to put in a bonus structure, but screwed it up. They don't fundamentally understand how to be fair to the artists - some of the most important people the company has ever had, those who knew how the company should run, have left over the last few years - they put more resources and money into an old broken down production tracking system than they do the pipeline or R&D to actually get the shows done - weather sucks in Texas....insane hot. - Deep Ellum (where the building is) is an armpit and crappy rundown area for a studio. It doesn't have "character" despite what they say - It is literally the only place to work in the STATE that does high quality animation work. All other places in Texas are small crappy boutique commercial houses. People are just stuck here if they want to do this kind of work - senior management not only uses this fact to their advantage, but exploits it