Pluspunten
Some good shows, with plenty of opportunities to grab shots for your reel. Supervisors have a good eye. Colleagues are very nice, usually know their stuff and are helpful. Some nice amenities like breakfast and Friday mingling. Also hosts free courses (drawing, Yoga) and seminars sometimes. Production Coordinators give their best. HOD is an expert in his field, gives masterclasses on new tools and hosts other Artists for inter-department exchange of knowledge. Staff management was nice and helpful. Department has its own integrated software dev, who is very helpful and knowledgeable. Opportunities to transfer locations. HODs seem to be aware of the major issues and believable try to resolve them. (Detailed presentation about anonymous artist feedback and plans to resolve issues) A lot of paid overtime.
Minpunten
A large amount of shot work on multiple huge shows at once put a strain on organization, leads and resources. Some very repetitive tasks. Pressure to deliver shots in barely possible time frames. Sometimes very badly organized (especially in between departments). Some Lead Artists barely speak enough English to communicate properly. People in various departments have trouble with visa and work permits because MPC is late on paperwork, sometimes even resulting in people having to leave the country. Parts of the pipeline put unnecessary burden on artists.(Packaging and publishing is a nightmare sometimes) Barely enough Software Licenses resulting in multiple artists not being able to work for hours. Very low pay, with in-house academy graduates pushing mid-level artist out of the door or to the tech anim department. A lot of unnecessary and avoidable overtime.