Ehhhhh - Office Manager Hello World Communications Employee Review

Roll-pay was through ADP, so getting hired included insurance, dental, and vision! Great environment for learning new gear, and the producing side of filmmaking with multiple different companies within a day. Had company lunch on the weekends, and had a great discount on renting out gear as an employee. They also had paid vacation / sick days.

Because of small staff, it was hard to switch shifts

Hello World Communications was a solid stepping stone into NYC after film school, a lot of rental houses are. It is a great way to learn relevant gear and build networks (through both employees and customers). The starting pay is great, and the available benefits outmatch many similar rental houses. Among them, having access to gear at a steep discount for personal projects. With a solid work/life balance, that perk can come in handy plenty of times. Almost everyone working there has their hands in something creative, and eager to help each other on said projects. Genuinely some of the best people I've worked with. I no longer work at Hello World but will still be close with plenty of those people long into the future.

Giving feedback to upper management could become tough, and some suggestions for improvements would run through many filters. Likewise, feedback from the top level management down to employees was at times non-existent. Changes in procedures could be sometimes implemented without any input from the team involved. These situations caused preventable hiccups and inefficiency on numerous occasions.