Worldwide FX is the studio that brought you Expendables, and that's exactly what you are to them. - Anonymous employee WWFX Employee Review

2.0
Dec 17, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You get your name on the silver screen. You can come in and leave whenever you want, the higher ups are hardly there on time, or stay until 5, so they can't really say anything to you. You can watch Netflix on your computer. Except for last few weeks of production, you work 8 to 5 Monday through Friday, so you get plenty of time to spend with family and enjoy your weekend.

Cons

The supervisors don't supervise shots, they socialize with their friends who they give the better shots to. When they do supervise a shot, they either want it done as fast as possible regardless of how it looks, just so they can turn it in and get rid of it, or if you do finish early, they tell you to milk the shot for a few hours before turning it in. Management is almost non existent, just warm bodies in chairs. Pay is based on if they like you enough personally, not whether or not you have the skills. Absolutely no benefits, don't even ask about them. No real form of communication or professionalism, just hearsay and rumors through the grapevine, but when you do get directly talked to, it's never good.

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4.0
Sep 15, 2011
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Pros

Great staff and co-worker , fun work enviorment, easy going, helpful leaders and supervisors, a great way to kick start your career.

Cons

Not much room for job advancement, very bad communication, they can never give their employees a straight answer when ask how much longer the job will last.

1.0
Oct 8, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Minimal experience required so easy to get in to start building experience Fellow artists were great to work with even though a good majority have never worked in a production environment before

Cons

Studio supervisor doesn't know compositing so he assigns unrealistic deadlines Most artists are brand new and usually leave you with nightmare comps to finish VFX supervisor also doesn't know compositing or 3d modelling/animation and has very unrealistic expectations Studio itself is a dump in a crime filled area with workstations that haven't been upgraded/replaced since 2000 Most junior artists are HIGHLY underpaid ($10.00 - $13.00/hour) but don't know it since they have no experience in the industry Contracts will end early with 2 or 3 days notice, if you're lucky No chance for any upward promotion

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