Bardel Entertainment Reviews

Pros

good projects and company culture

Cons

low pay, lots of overtime

Pros

Great family vibe, artists taken care of

Cons

Owner and CEO was a little frantic

Advice to Management

Make sure there is enough overhead to support the artists

Pros

Great people, occasionally fun projects, not too much OT

Cons

sometimes crunch gets bad and they dont pay OT. They dont let you know whats going on behind the scenes at all.

Pros

- Community team organized fun events - Operations team was efficient and great to have in the studio - Decent projects, talented artists - Good stepping stone as a junior

Cons

Poor planning - Last minute notifications of whether we still have a job at the end of the week (or day) makes it very hard for us to plan our lives, or even our careers! Cheap rate - Stop pitching low bids on shows and then low-balling the artists! They demand senior talent at a junior rate with an unreasonable amount of work without OT pay. Lack of career growth - Managers preach development and growth but they don't know the first thing about it because they don't care enough to invest or keep anyone long enough to do so. There's an inner circle - Upper management and line producers are cliquey and will promote their favorite people even when there are others who are more deserving. They've let go of the good ones and kept the incompetent ones around. Production and upper management will ask the studio for feedback but they're not looking for change, they're looking for validation.

Advice to Management

- Take accountability for your own and your middle managers' lack of leadership. You don't blame the child, you blame the parent - it starts at the top so set an example. - Mean what you say - we've seen a lot of promises fall through the cracks. Don't try to test it and lose the very little integrity this studio has left.

Pros

Free Coffee in the mornings

Cons

Studio run like some kind of fraternity

Pros

Artists are generally great people Immediate supervisors were wonderful in my team

Cons

No career growth Uncertainty in securing the next job is a constant fear Ambiguous direction from exec team is frustrating Lack of investment in the staff, they rather just replace non-key players whenever possible (keeps the wages and costs low, hiring juniors) Known for low pay when compared to other studios If you're a technology (IT, TDs...) person, avoid like the plague

Advice to Management

I don't care that you're telling us the next show is 99% of the way there, while half my friends are being let go next week BECAUSE there's no work. Invest in your artists and technology.

Pros

Great artists, decent projects to work on, convenient location.

Cons

Low pay Don't pay overtime Their pipeline is broken and expect artists to make up for it I got let go after I tried to discuss some temporary but serious health issues I was experiencing. They expect too much from you, but don't want to budge if you need something from them.

Advice to Management

Back in day when we were working on mostly flash, I'd say that was a good time for this company, management seemed great, work life was really chill and exciting, not sure what happened to you guys over the years, but you've lost your way, you won't grow and get better if you don't listen to your artists. They're not crazy, they're not asking for too much.

Pros

Nothing to say really maybe time to shut down

Cons

They don't pay overtime, and they have a broken pipeline where they expected the workers to compensate.

Advice to Management

Quit, hire people that know what they are doing