Reel FX reviews

No Overtime! The studio keeps shutting down the idea that as an animation studio they need to pay overtime which in fact many (read here: ALL) of the employees feel is some shady way for them to find a loophole with the DOL to just not compensate properly. Got technical issues? RFX does! The ever changing pipeline and overall lack of leadership in the technical areas lead to so many issues us artists will literally sit for DAYS not able to work on our assignments. Then guess what happens when their issue is fixed? Overtime! And don't you dare say anything about it or you will be looked at as a bitter and negative employee that just won't "take one for the team." Company will constantly beta test new things during an actual production. And they will actually think this is a good idea. . . the most recent (besides the new pipe again of course) is our internal tracking software. Doesn't work and there are no long term plans for it to work. It appears that they never do any salary research whatsoever and when they do get experienced people to come to Dallas it's only because of the state of the industry and that artists are desperate for work. It's either change your career, or Reel FX.

Really this is just a rehash of many of the other reviews. The boys network of management. Promoting failure. Long time employees promoted to positions without the proper qualifications. Favoritism. There are a few bad apples that will throw people under the bus to management. Continually scheduling projects with a pie in the sky approach instead of looking at the reality of the time and resources it takes to do the work. You can say "it works on paper" repeatedly but that doesn't make it a reality. Lack of good leadership leads to many people on the floor not taking ownership of the work. Mediocre or half done work is sent down the pipe and the reasoning is "we'll fix it in lighting." The fact that lighting is always the department that bears the brunt of poor planning, limited resources, and getting all the problems to solve doesn't seem to matter. Read the reviews most of them are spot on.