Reel FX reviews

4.2

97% would recommend to a friend

(161 total reviews)

Steve O'Brien

84% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Reel FX has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 161 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Reel FX employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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161 reviews
2.0
Jul 8, 2016

Upper management needs a wake up call

Anonymous employee
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Pros

What everyone else has been saying about the artists being like family. Coworkers are great to work with and learn from

Cons

I came here very eager to learn and wanting to push myself as an artist, but after a while I found myself bored due to the lack of work. The upper management has no idea how to run an animation business. If you want to better this place, hire people that actually have knowledge in this craft rather than people who are only thinking about benefiting themselves. Sitting around for over a year and not doing anything is NOT why people come out here. We come to hopefully grow and learn, but in the end, have nothing to show for the time that was spent. There's no communication from anyone, which ends up leaving the artists to speculate what's going on. At least tell us what's happening. Warn us about layoffs instead of pulling the rug out from under us. Don't make empty promises that we're going to have studio wide meetings and then we hear nothing for months on end. As others have said, this place is poisonous. WAKE UP and COMMUNICATE. Otherwise you're going to lose all of your talent and will ultimately fail as a business.

2.0
Apr 14, 2016

disappointing

Anonymous employee
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Pros

employees are great, it's like a family.

Cons

management needs a reality check. there is no direction from the top on what this company wants to do. no one trusts management to make any correct decisions, and hence we have a high turnover rate. would not recommend any friends to work here.

2.0
Mar 8, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Very Talented People Nice environment with no walls attached, Deep Ellum is Great fun spot Most people are very friendly and helpful to needs Company sometimes holds events for employees and special talks Benefits the works Great place to start and learn the ins and outs

Cons

Obviously no overtime pay Supervisors forget when you need help, especially when you are new and want help. They will try to get you to work late and on weekends without trying to ask you flat out. Promise that people can move up to better positions, but long hours and quota filling doesn't mean anything. if you aren't in the cool club or aren't with the higher talent you won't get anywhere. Staff position doesn't mean a thing, you are another contract like everyone else. no security Minimum wage start out / better off contracting

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