How are senior leaders perceived at SHADOWMACHINE?

Pros

Great talent Great production leadership Great work culture Good pay Good benefits

Cons

Pay could be a bit higher. Ideally they could build long term employment strategies for the crew. Rather than project based contracts, permanent crew would be retained if longer sighted production strategies, would solidify projects already green-lit, and scheduled for production.

Pros

Attracts lots of talented people

Cons

Most people know this place is awful, but it’s even worse than it’s reputation. Basically the 2 people in leadership underbid other studios for big productions, then underpay and overwork their artists while hoarding the budget for their own salaries. When the artists call them on it, leadership is prepared— at the outset, they hire expendable people they can claim as responsible for the guaranteed misery and burnout and all the cost cutting, who they can fire when the heat is on them. It’s all an open secret, and happens on all of their productions. HR is one person that participates in the exploitation. The misoginy is constant. The lying is constant. People are hired just to rankle and undermine eachother. The most toxic place I’ve ever worked headed by the kind of sleazeballs who usually work in bro jobs but somehow ended up making cartoons.

Pros

Enjoyed the people I worked with.

Cons

Top management felt like they favored friends

Pros

Attracts lots of talented people

Cons

Most people know this place is awful, but it’s even worse than it’s reputation. Basically the 2 people in leadership underbid other studios for big productions, then underpay and overwork their artists while hoarding the budget for their own salaries. When the artists call them on it, leadership is prepared— at the outset, they hire expendable people they can claim as responsible for the guaranteed misery and burnout and all the cost cutting, who they can fire when the heat is on them. It’s all an open secret, and happens on all of their productions. HR is one person that participates in the exploitation. The misoginy is constant. The lying is constant. People are hired just to rankle and undermine eachother. The most toxic place I’ve ever worked headed by the kind of sleazeballs who usually work in bro jobs but somehow ended up making cartoons.