Trigger LLC Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Trigger LLC full-time for more than a year

Pros – Trigger is a tight-knit crew of talented designers, developers, and producers. They work with both entertainment clients and brands so the projects are fun, diverse and challenging. The founders of the company are dedicated to doing great work and pursuing opportunities that provide the greatest potential to evolve in the ever-changing digital landscape.

Recently, Trigger has acquired a handful of really forward-thinking clients that are focused on leveraging new technology on mobile devices to engage their customers. This is an amazing opportunity for the company to grow and expand their capabilities.

As a member of the creative team, I had the pleasure of collaborating with the CEO and Creative Director on numerous digital products. This unique opportunity enabled me be involved in the early stages of design, where concepting and prototyping would help identify which ideas were the most marketable. This direct access to management also providing insight into the business side of running a company which I found to be extremely valuable.

Cons – Trigger tends to run a little lean on resources and timelines therefore there isn’t as much opportunity to learn techniques and tools from your peers and colleagues. On the flip side, it forces you to take initiative and make decisions on your own. If you’re planning on freelancing someday this is a good way to become self sufficient.

Advice to Senior Management – In order for Trigger to progress as a pioneer in the industry, I think they should continue to target opportunities outside of their sweet spot. By engaging new clients and new technology Trigger will excel in this evolving industry.

As part of an agile workflow, Trigger should continue to utilize multidisciplinary project teams where designers, developers, and producers are engaged in all phases of a project. By optimizing planning, all team members would therefore influence and elevate the end product.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Trigger LLC full-time for less than a year

Pros – When I first started as an Associate Producer at Tigger I didn't really know what to expect. They told me that it would be a lot of hours and late nights at times, which I expected because I had worked as a Project Manager at another organization previously. What I didn't consider was the fact that they had an office in China so late night were more the typical than a sometimes situation. I was able to adjust to this because of the rewarding experience.

I had the opportunity to do a lot of cool things while I worked at Trigger. I found myself working on large projects for even larger movie studios. I got to take meetings on the lot, attend movie screenings, and even a movie red carpet premiere. It was an amazing experience.

Not only did I get to do all of the cool items above I learned so much. Not only from my experiences, but from the team at Trigger on how to deal with larger Enterprise clients.

It was a great experience.

Another pro was the getting the opportunity to worked with seasoned knowledgeable individuals not only in the Production Department, but in Tech and Creative as well.

Cons – Of course the hours were a con, but if you are serious about your improving and learning more about your discipline then this company is a great opportunity.

Also when working with seasoned individuals sometimes they can come off as intimidating. The trick for me there was to push through that by continuing to ask questions. Eventually they wil understand that you care about the projects, and want to learn.

Advice to Senior Management – My advice for management, which I shared with them was to focus on the learning opportunities at the organization and to look for employees that were serious about working in the entertainment industry.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Trigger LLC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Met some of the most competent co-workers i've ever worked with here. Everyone was very professional, respected each other, and got the job done extremely well, which meant every project was one to be proud of.

Founders have been in the company for years - it was a very stable and down to earth kind of environment to work in.

Built an amazing portfolio working here, when i moved home, i didn't even need to look for a new job - the job found me.

Sometimes when i am stuck in a sticky situation at my new job, i would think of how my ex-co-workers will react when they are in the situation and try to approach it the same way.

Would i go back to work if the opportunity arise in the future? Definitely.

Cons – Communication is sometimes a issue sometimes because of the Shanghai team's mother tongue is Chinese, but luckily i spoke both languages.

The longer working hours is true; but this is the nature of the industry. It is the same for every agency i've worked in. It also really boils down to the fact that everyone is really commited to what they're doing. Because there are 2 offices in different time zones with different holidays, you can either drop your briefs in an email and then go home, or stay a bit longer to make sure that the brief is in right, check in on the team to make sure things keep moving.

Capable people only - low tolerance for non-performers. You need to be very good at what you do to earn a place here. Usually within a month, you will either have proven yourself, or plan to leave already.

Advice to Senior Management – More vacation days to make up for the longer hours.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Trigger LLC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – This place is filled with really creative and smart people, especially management. In an incredibly challenging field of constantly changing technology, the core group here has been working together for over a decade and grown their business when others were shuttering their doors.

Cons – Long hours, some communication issues can arise from working with overseas development teams.

Advice to Senior Management – Get more agressive in helping newer/greener staff maintain a sustainable work/life balance. This is an industry that attracts workaholics that will eventually burn themselves out or get wandering eyes for greater pay if they're going to give up a majority of their waking hours.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Trigger LLC

Pros – It's an entertainment agency but you will have no life. You'll work on some decent projects.

Cons – Communication and clarity are huge issues. Runs like a sweat shop and they don't care about work/life balance. SWEAT SHOP!

Advice to Senior Management – Send your managers to SCRUM training and get a real HR person. Organization is a huge issue.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Trigger LLC

Pros – Friendly working environment with freedom to push my creative boundary.

Cons – I had nothing bad to say... it was an incredible opportunity for me.

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Trigger LLC full-time for more than a year

Pros – stable company and has a great compensation, can really rely with it that you're family could never experience hunger and will have better future.....

Cons – safety awareness and their safety department is still needs to be developed

Advice to Senior Management – open for any openion to their fellows for the the better purposes of the company management....

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Trigger LLC full-time for less than a year

Pros – stable company and the compenstion is very high

Cons – so far none i can say against the manegement....

Advice to Senior Management – no more words to say
very well manage by the management

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Trigger LLC

Pros – - talented designers
- wall full of snacks
- parking spot
- exposure to all studios and most of the movies that are coming out
- dinner compensation for OT

Cons – - impractical expectation to work 50+ hour weeks AT A MINIMUM
- lowballs your starting salary and justifies it by saying that "you're getting experience"
- no 401k/retirement benefits
- must coordinate with oversees team (plan on staying until 9pm every night)

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Trigger LLC

Pros – Great place to work, more organized than most competitors, co-workers are very competent, management also very communicative. Mid size company that feels much more close knit because company is split between LA and Shanghai.

Cons – The international nature of the company, coupled with the industry it's in, means long hours often. Can be difficult at times to work with the international team due to time gap, distance, and sometimes language. Small nature of company also means lots of work load.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to assess the intricacies of the working relationship between international teams and continue to refine that process...it's getting better but many things are still broken. As the company grows work on making each side more self sufficient. Adopt better software and approaches to information management and sharing.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend