When you realize the dream has actually become the nightmare - Production Department Funimation Global Group Employee Review

There are some departments completely overworked while others have nothing to do. The production area is expected to basically be on call 24/7 even though when hired on you are told that days like that are "minimal" and that there will be "minimal" weekend work. I work 6-7 days a week. There was a time when our department took pride in what it did and it was most definitely a quality vs quantity mentality. Now, it's all about cranking out shows as fast as possible and the quality has severely declined. Employees are treated poorly. There is absolutely no communication between our director and us (we've had three management members-- the people who are SUPPOSED to be the go-between us and our director-- quit in the last year... two of which had been there 7 and 10+ years). It's a shame upper management clearly feels threatened by suggestions from those of us at the bottom of the totem pole. We don't want your job but it sure would be nice if you would act like you cared enough to listen to our concerns. The majority of us are so terrified of being fired for some BS reason we don't feel that we can be honest with upper management because it is always blatantly obvious how easily replaceable we are. The resentment of employees is astounding. When I was hired in 2008, the employees were much happier and everyone felt they were there serving a purpose and putting out a good quality product. Now, if you had the chance to be a fly on a wall during any employee conversation (especially those in production) you would hear the same conversation repeatedly: -"Can't afford to live on my own due to the low pay so I have to get roommates/have a second job/live at home with parents, etc." -"Management never listens to what employees have to say" -"I'm so miserable here but the job market is so bad, I've been applying to jobs for XX months/years and no bites" -"This job seriously cuts into my health/well being due to the high level stress" The pay is abysmal unless you are a director or someone in upper management. The CEO has no clue what is going on in his company, let alone who his employees are. The same issues have never been taken care of in the 8 years I've worked at FUNi (roof leaks every time it rains, bathrooms are constantly in a state of disarray, coffee machine is continually broken, the doors on the production side are always broken and therefore never lock There are no written training manuals. Seriously. There is absolutely nothing to refer back to. How do you run a company with NO TRAINING MANUALS??? The office politics are disgusting. It's a dog-eat-dog world and the person you think is your BFF will throw you under the bus so hard if it's their butt on the line When you continually fire people and/or have people quitting in your department, it clearly means the issue is with the management of said department and not the employees. There is no consistency. The quality of product has gone increasingly downhill-- in order to get super awesome shows now, FUNi essentially has to work on hentai and brutal BDSM quality work. It's disgusting to see day in and day out. Not enough room for new employees