VMG Studio 520

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2 feb 2021

Dipendente anonimo

Consiglia

Gradimento del CEO

Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

The boots-on-the-ground creatives are incredible. The owner knows how to hire amazing people, for sure. They're talented, hard working, wonderful people to work with and I loved every moment I spent with them. The environment can be collaborative at times, depending on the project. Many projects will give you an opportunity to be creative with your designers, animators, editors, etc, but high profile projects are so micro-managed that, ironically, all creativity is bled from the video in favor of a "safe" creative-by-committee approach. Free snacks is a plus. There is a very basic health plan and a no-frills 401k, if you stick around long enough to take advantage of it. Your work/life balance will typically be respected if you set boundaries and stick to them.

Svantaggi

Where the owner is amazing at hiring top talent, she struggles to trust any of them. You'll find that you constantly have to prove yourself on even the smallest jobs, which can lead to burnout pretty quickly when your workload is high. The owner is really her own worst enemy and her ego is a lot to navigate. She sees nearly every request, concern, or piece of feedback as a personal affront to her, and the second she begins to think you don't have her best personal and professional interest at heart, you will never be trusted again. Indeed, toxic positivity runs rampant here. The owner doesn't want to acknowledge that anything at VMG could ever be a bad experience for anyone, so she requires everyone to "think positively" and give off "only positive vibes" while smudging peoples' offices with sage (without their consent). Ignoring employees' concerns while verbally encouraging everyone voice them and to be authentic is a daily and exhausting juxtaposition at VMG. As I stated in the "Pros" section, some projects can become heavily micro-managed. Sometimes this is understandable- if they bring in a large new client or project they obviously will want to ensure it goes well. Other times, however, if a project gets bigger while a producer is already working on it, the owner of the company will just take it away and give it to someone else (which is entirely her prerogative to do, but it's awfully demoralizing to have something you've been working on with enough success that the client wants to scale up, only to have it taken away). You'll find yourself managing your managers constantly. Don't expect them to come to you with any 401k, insurance, or paycheck issues. Even if they're aware of the situation, in their minds it doesn't exist until you bring it to them. Finally, there is a huge gap between the creative team and the sales team. The owner is incredibly fond of the sales team and often treats the creative team with contempt. A necessary evil. It's disheartening to say the least, and divides the company in a way that only the creative team truly sees.

Risposta di VMG Studio 520

Dear Reviewer, Thanks for taking the time to review our company. A lot has changed here at VMG Studios in the past 12+ months and while it was a difficult year, we came through it with a stronger team of amazingly resilient creatives who care for and support each other in the work we do. Together, we produced some absolutely outstanding creative work and because of that we thankfully are expecting growth in this current year. Encouraging a positive work environment is very different from "toxic positivity"--a current buzzword that's tossed around quite a lot these days. Toxic positivity infers that concerns, problems and complaints are glossed over, unheard and not acted upon with care and people are told to "be positive". If 2020 has taught us anything, it has been to take every individual's health and mental wellness very seriously and to create an environment of safety where individuals and teams are able to express how they feel in a supported, safe environment, knowing they will be heard, and action will be taken to support them where they are. We were not perfect at this to start, and there was a learning curve to understand what we needed to do as covid overtook our society. We do actually work with an HR representative to make sure that we are in compliance and using best practices. The sales and marketing teams are equally valuable to this company as is our creative team. These teams work together seamlessly to bring in wonderful projects that give us the opportunity to surprise and delight our customers while simultaneously giving our all-star creative and producer teams opportunities to stretch and showcase their creative vision and talent. Regarding taking projects away from producers: Not every pairing of producers with clients works out seamlessly. And when a client asks not to work with a specific producer, we may find ourselves needing to transition the producer to a different project that is more aligned with their strengths and skills. And yes, we do believe in personal development and when we see a team member struggling, we do offer support through various means of education, but certainly nobody is ever forced to partake in personal development offerings. Thank you for leaving this review so that I might have the opportunity to clear up some misrepresentations about VMG Studios. And I am sorry that your time here at VMG did not work out. I truly do wish you the very best in all your future endeavors. – Mark Sparks, President, VMG Studios

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