Nice people, no OT pay/bad leadership - Anonymous employee Reel FX Employee Review

2.0
Feb 6, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are some great people here that I worked with at other studios. You also have the ability to learn about other aspects of the pipeline here because it really is a smaller house trying to be one of the big boys.

Cons

-no OT pay -low pay rate because "cost of living is cheaper in Texas" -not enough senior artists/artists with experience -ridiculously long hours This means that the one or two people in each department who actually know how to do their job are left working crazy hours to support the rest of the team. All of this is without any extra pay, or even the slightest bit of recognition. -dubious practices to try and milk tax subsidies -leads that don't know how departments work or supervisors who don't understand the pipeline -met with a lot of resistance when trying to improve workflows to industry standards -people with very little experience, but long histories at the company are given major leadership roles -low level projects with bad stories and worse box office performances

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Mar 31, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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