Nelvana Reviews

3.8

81% would recommend to a friend

(25 total reviews)
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Pam Westman

73% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Nelvana has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 25 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Nelvana employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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25 reviews
3.0
26 Nov 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Once upon a time Nelvana was a name synonymous with excellence in Canadian animation.

Cons

Sadly those days are long gone. Ever since Corus and Astral media breezed into town the studio has turned into an assemby line churning out a slurry of forgettable content. Like Jack FM and everything else Corus has touched it's nothing to be proud of. Here's to ten more years of bland entertainment joylessly assembled in harmony by the least passionate studio in the great white north.

3.0
9 Apr 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent pay, great people, steady work if they like you. Depending on the production you're on it can be really great.

Cons

Other people weren't so lucky with pay and had difficulty getting raises. Sometimes you work on teams that are awful. It really comes down to the team you're on. It's also impossible to climb ranks. You have to leave and come back, or have already been doing the job you want to be promoted in for months.

1.0
30 Mar 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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