Toxic workplace - Designer Relish Studios Employee Review

1.0
12 Nov 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Generous vacation policy -Regular performance reviews

Cons

-Was mislead by company and supervisors about what I would be allowed to accomplish career-wise. As a result, my best efforts never yielded any advancements, just empty words of encouragement to keep pushing forward. -My dissatisfactions and gripes were listened to, but not actually "heard" or taken seriously. -Workload was constantly unbalanced amongst employees. Despite task overload and struggling to meet tight deadlines ( (with little to no help) and succeeding at that, my skills were never used to their full potential. Although commended for my talents, I was only called upon when stressful rush work and menial tasks were needed. -Favouritism and double standards were very prevalent -Inconsistent and mixed messages: one minute I was praised, the next berated or talked down -Often singled out and given a hard time for making minor mistakes where others would be forgiven -Implications that I was not allowed to opinions or alternate ideas -Difficult to make friends as people were very clickey -Combination of meaningless, stressful work and struggling to relate to others led to regular mental breakdowns after work

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
5 Sept 2025
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Pros

- Was a great environment when Relish Studio's was small. - Great team members [can't say enough about this]! Great Senior Management in the Toronto office. - Solid Clients who appreciated our collaborative approach. - Vacation and Benefits were half decent and included a closure over the Holidays. - Very fair and flexible WFH policy especially after the Pandemic. - VP of Production was pretty much hands off letting Producers run their Projects but was always available if needed to provide support or to bounce ideas off of.

Cons

- Too heavily focussed on IP Originals at the expense of investing in proper New Business resources against the Service end of the business [Which funded the IP]. Ended up relying too heavily on RFP's. - Expanded staff too quickly and not the proper hires at time. Did not cut the passengers/ deadwood at high salaries quick enough. - No yearly New Business plan for Service. - Needed to pay closer attention to financial investment into IP and how that was performing overall vs the rest of the business and it's health.

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