Imageworks Employee Reviews about "good pay"

Pros

- Great people - Innovative history - Good pay and benefits - Free snacks and coffee

Cons

- Super cold and impersonal workplace - Projects are all regurgitations (sequels) and not very exciting - Management doesn't really go out on the floor and mingle with the people - Very corporate - Bad attitudes in employees isn't dealt with, but rather poked fun at, instead of making the hard decisions to get in better people

Pros

Short hours, good pay. I think the mean well.

Cons

A soul-less, passion-less place. If you care about your work there's no place for you here. If you're prepared to coast and don't care about the poor quality of the work or terrible inefficiency of the pipeline, then you'll probably get promoted.

Pros

good pay and benefits, nice location, some great supervisors and a mix of live action and animated features.

Cons

slowly moving away from the good managers who look after crew. some supervisors are not the best but thats the same everywhere.

Pros

Good pay, great location, good benefits.

Cons

Not a lot of shows compared to other studios.

Pros

Efficient pipeline, nice people, good pay and work benefits. Ability to work on both feature and VFX shows.

Cons

Beginning to feel like things are too underbid- features starting OT too early in production with stressful unrealistic deadlines. Sustained long overtime and compressed deadlines make it feel factory-like and it will not bring out the best in the artists.

Pros

Working with incredibly smart people who know their jobs. A solid well supported pipeline with some of the best tools in the industry. Good pay (in the past), and fair benefits. A great place to learn and grow as a VFX artist (in the past) Decent hours and paid overtime. Grownups with families can work here.

Cons

If you are on a VFX film, there will be some huge egos. Poor to fair producers who are terrible at planning the front-end of production. Unhealthy competition between doltish CG Sups who are all clawing for recognition and stabbing each other in the back for advancement. No advancement based on merit - need to be a maneuvering politico.

Pros

Great people Good projects Good pay Overall a very cool environment

Cons

Last few years there is a big shift in moving a lot of the work to Canada. Not imageworks' fault, but the entire vfx/animation industry is in growing pains now, and it can be felt all across.