Framestore Reviews

Pros

they hire the top talented artists and hr makes an effort to keep moral up.

Cons

Too many to list. It's impossible to move up in the company, it does happen but typically years after the person should have been promoted, assuming they didn't quit first. Like all VFX houses, there is no work life balance, even if the company owner keeps saying there should be, there isn't one. You will be expected to work overnight and weekends because that is how the producers plan the projects. Production is a joke with little to no training for the coordinators and only hiring freelance producers who don't know how to do their job and their contract ends by the time they figure it out. If you drive to work, there is zero parking, even for the full time staff. There isn't a clear chain of command in the LA office so it is a huge unorganized mess. Oh and all those beautiful pieces on their reel framestore is know for? You won't be working on any of that because London does all the impressive work. What does LA do? Mediocre commercials that will make you feel disillusioned and turns the place into a meat grinder causing everyone to have terrible attitudes and treat everyone poorly.

Pros

access to gnomon and other classes, good health insurance, nice co workers, really decent people

Cons

too much work and too few artists, poor organization, poor communication, crewing is unaware of skillset of artists

Pros

The work they do can be cool.

Cons

Extremely toxic environment. There is no support at all. There is a culture of fear there so everyone is quick to throw someone under the bus just to avoid being seriously demeaned by management. Management is the absolute worst I have ever experienced. To the point of being cruel. The organization and communication is so god awful I'd say none at all would be an improvement. I've never worked at a place where people got drunk...full on drunk not just tipsy, on the job on a regular basis. They would also come in having not gone home the night before and still drunk. Honestly, my teenage job in fast food was better than working at Framestore. I have had difficult jobs, I've worked with difficult people and nothing has even come close to being as awful as Framestore. They treat people like assets they can throw away. The way they talk about the artists, I honestly wondered if they knew they were talking about human beings. Sincerely unpleasant people with no regard for quality of life.

Pros

Really cool and fun work

Cons

Terrible work environment. Management does not work well. They are always talking down to people