good and not good - Technical Director Senior Nelvana Employee Review

1.0
30 Mar 2016
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Pros

if this is what you want: - 9am to 6pm work hours - full but mediocre benefits - highly talented and great people to work with - a chance to train in disciplines outside of your work area - good projects, mainly children and tweens tv series shows - a great workplace location and building then, this is your place, at least for a few years.

Cons

however: - certain job types such as technical are choked by a limited grading system. you can only work up to a certain amount of experience, then they "red circle" your employment status and your salary is capped. this happened to me twice. their management is not quick to fix this nor did they actually do anything about it for the past 9 years. i do not know if it will change since they do not acknowledge technical contributions to their studio success. i repeatedly asked for their status on adding a new job grade to technical, but my requests were ignored. if your studio skills are mainly technical, then you must make a decision as to whether or not you can remain in a job that offers a salary that is capped once you meet the upper limits of your job grade. if that is okay for you, then this is your place. if not, then you must make this employer a stepping stone to continue your employment elsewhere. their render farm is made up of old technology. and they are 1 of many other assets that Corus Entertainment owns under their corporate umbrella. this brings up the question about whether or not Corus Entertainment will throw more money into nelvana. at the time of this review, their stock has plummeted from a high of 26.16$ (March, 2013) to its current level of 11.88$ (March, 2016). their all time low is 9.25$ (February, 2016)

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5.0
25 May 2026
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Pros

Best job ever. Wish I still worked there

Cons

They stopped hiring and don't make new shows

1.0
21 Apr 2025
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Pros

The people, they were amazing . The talent they had from the animation community was top notch ( for the most part) The shows were solid but talent wasn’t able to flex their muscles to the best of their ability. Their last few CG and 2D productions were amongst their best. After wrapping their final show this summer it will be just licensing and sales. Corus would rather not invest in scripted programming.

Cons

The pay for the 10 years I was there was below par. The company coasted on its reputation. It dipped its toe in YouTube but never pursued it . More initiative should have been given to short form content, TicTock, YouTube etc. streaming content and legacy characters.

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