You'll hear a lot of talk about "family" from this place and how it's not "just another job." Lots of heart-felt emotions from the upper management that are supposed to make you think they care. They're quite good at telling you whatever you need to hear to get what they need out of you. I remember when I first got to this place thinking "Man, these people are the real deal." It felt good to think I was a part of something special. Then over the years you witness the transformation into a corporate-style work factory, watch them lay off the concept department that made the studio what it was to begin with, and burn all the artists to do favors for big-wig clients so the couple on top can make it in Hollywood.
Nowadays they have what they call the "white-board" which is a small group of upper management that essentially collude to keep the riffraff (that's you) in line. As you might imagine the politics are a disaster of Republican scale. Lots of tenured studio veterans and associated hangers-on trying to undermine anyone who might get in their way. Very arrogant and conniving.
If you get hired, make sure you demand a W-2 and not a 1099. They like to try and push the employer's taxes onto the employee. It's a common small studio trick. If they insist you'll have to negotiate a decent rate although you probably won't get it. The pay is notoriously low and, speaking from experience, they'll try to make you feel guilty about getting it. They seem to think it's funny that they pay people so little and yet they still come to work for them. "We can't offer you a raise but I'll give you a hug!" (Eye roll...) At least that's how they used to talk about it at the monthly company meetings, in between disparaging homophobic jokes about past employees and other assorted prepubescent humor. And never in 20 years have they paid the legally required overtime wages, although I hear that may be changing now. I suspect they got in some sort of legal trouble and had to comply.
Ideal candidates are doe-eyed graduates and foreigners tied to their work visa. If you're incapable of forming a personal relationship with someone outside the studio, and are the type of person who likes to thank your boss for every meal you eat (true story), then you'll do very well here. Everyone else should just learn what they can as fast as possible and move on to something better.