Warner Bros. Reviews

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Some bureaucracy dealing with management

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Big studios like to play it safe - if something's trendy, they make a movie out of it.

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there is not a big internal mobility initiative, it is difficult to get another opportunity to work in a different division at the company

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Long hours, menial labor, occasional condescension, poor healthcare benefits

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I can’t think of any

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Direction isn’t clear in some business units

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Lots of overtime and last-minute fire drills due to lack of organization and no time to improve processes. Also not enough push-back on senior management requests to ensure employees can do their work without getting burned out.

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You're in Hollywood. It's the most political and corporate environment you'll ever come across. Infighting is common place among VPs who are more concerned with protecting their jobs and workspace over the success of a department. If you have an idea, you should't share it because it could come off as "against the grain" and you'll either get reprimanded (in my case) or get shafted by the executive in charge that you're not a team player.

Been in many meetings where VPs just scream at each other because the other person didn't get their way or because the other person clearly wasn't listening. It's pretty petty at the higher level and very little good comes from it because it's clear everyone cares too much about their own egos over having some humility for once.

In terms of hiring - their mentality is "cheaper is better" and they leverage that against you. WB does not pay well if you're anything under a Director. Even for managers it's pretty insulting the amount of hours they expect you to input and the lack of recognition in any regard.

You don't want to spend your career here because you won't get recognized. They care more about "how we did things the past few decades" instead of truly innovating. You'll just be a number here and the company culture creates a sense of insecurity and unwillingness to share new ideas because those that do... always get shafted or reprimanded or shut down outright.

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- 60+ hour weeks
- At least 50% personal work for producers
- Ethical dilemmaas

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It seems like alliances need to be formed in order to move up in the company. This pits people against each other and creates a real problem with getting the best ideas implemented.