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    DNEG Reviews

    Updated 19 June, 2018
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    34 Ratings

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    Pros

    • "Good working environment with good artist to work with" (in 11 reviews)

    • "People are nice and our head of animation is fantastic, the shows are getting more exciting projects to work on" (in 6 reviews)

    Cons

    • "False promises from artist managers" (in 7 reviews)

    • "start always as short contracts" (in 7 reviews)

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    1. "Awesome place to work!"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Assistant in Vancouver, BC
      Current Employee - Assistant in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at DNEG full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Company growth, culture, studio and love my team

      Cons

      I would say needs more social events

      Advice to Management

      nothing

    2. "So far so good!"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at DNEG full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      good people, fun projects and something new every day!

      Cons

      I have to pay for my diet coke cans now

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    3. "Human Resources in Dneg Vancouver is a Joke."

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      Current Employee - VFX Supervisor in Vancouver, BC
      Current Employee - VFX Supervisor in Vancouver, BC
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at DNEG full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Its owned by 80% India 20% UK that pretty much says it all.

      Cons

      I can't stress enough DUMB is the HR section at Double Negative Vancouver. Extremely unqualified recruiters that are NOT hiring well versed and Industry professionals with far more knowledge than the most of the workforce. I am super surprised as to the kind of feedback they give out. 3D hires and Compositing section hires are extremely disappointing as the two girls that are in charge have no HR experience and think they are way knowledgeable than everyone else. The reason no one sticks around in the company is because of poor hiring skills and HR department that isn't from a VFX production background.

      Advice to Management

      HIRE BC TRAINED HR and NOT some random snubs from the UK.

    4. "Company culture - great fun!"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Vancouver, BC
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at DNEG full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Dneg know how to include everybody when it comes to getting people together and growing as a wider team. Dneg is a global company - usually it feels 'ugh' with time differences at a global company - alas Dneg make it work very efficiently with good scheduling. Outstanding VFX and Animation talent too.

      Cons

      As most big companies are... There is vigorous in-house loops and it takes a small while to grow in any capacity. In other words, a little bit of 'pigeon holing' can happen for juniors. It should be noted that during this time, juniors are still encouraged to learn and train on the job which is certainly a good aspect.

      Advice to Management

      Relax a little ;)

    5. Helpful (2)

      "Production"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Vancouver, BC
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Vancouver, BC
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at DNEG full-time

      Pros

      Great office
      Nice people (artists)

      Cons

      Definitely fake it till u make it
      short term contract

    6. Helpful (1)

      "Hard working fun company"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Vancouver, BC
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at DNEG full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      young employees, fun company, great kitchen and supplies, coffee shop inside building, great insurance, accepts applications from different countries, diverse employees, pays all costs to allocate employees to Vancouver

      Cons

      Nothing special, artists sometimes have to do over time working which is normal for this industry

      Advice to Management

      keep up doing what you are doing

    7. "Good company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at DNEG full-time

      Pros

      Nice place to work in. Great projects and talented people.

      Cons

      Very large company, can be difficult to feel like you're part of a team.

    8. Helpful (5)

      "No need to consider about moving on"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Vancouver, BC
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Vancouver, BC
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at DNEG full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      People around are pretty much friendly and helpful

      Cons

      * If you are thinking of moving on but have little to no experience, you can forget all about it.
      * Verbally they mentioned that they will move you, but after a few months, one of the update given - the dept currently has no seats to move you in (yet they keep hiring for new people)
      * Even if you do get the chance to move on, the title of your position has not been changed and it will still reflects you as the old/ current title that you had

      Advice to Management

      With so much talk about training and stuff, nothing/ no one is really getting training. Do something about this, please

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Animator"

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      Current Employee - Character Animator in Vancouver, BC
      Current Employee - Character Animator in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at DNEG full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      I've been working full time at Dneg Vancouver for 2 years and a half (still counting) and joined the company shortly after the moved here. I've seen the company growing and getting better and better. As an animator, I'm having a lots of fun. People are nice and our head of animation is fantastic, the shows are getting more exciting projects to work on. We always have a good time in dailies and joke around too.

      Cons

      Overtime are expected when working on VFX. It sucks but at least we are paid!

      Advice to Management

      Don't wait for last minute to ask for OT

    10. Helpful (4)

      "Disorganized leadership not enough production staff"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Production Coordinator in Vancouver, BC
      Current Employee - Production Coordinator in Vancouver, BC
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at DNEG full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      People are "all in this together" they do get major motion pictures but take on shows that they are not equipped to handle.

      Cons

      Disorganized leadership, poorly structured shows, poor training, low salary, six and seven day weeks required by production and artists, overtime expected. Poor infrastructure, old computers software and systems.

      Advice to Management

      Management is ill prepared for reviews, transitions, career trajectory.

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