- Few talented employees; the majority are forgettable.
- No accountability for tasks; requests are ignored unless escalated to upper management.
- Senior staff lacks basic computer graphics knowledge and technical skills; questions from senior artists are often embarrassingly basic.
- Work processes reminiscent of 15 years ago, projects are managed like TV commercials with shrinking turnaround times.
- There's no focus on modern technologies (unless you count questionable AI practices) or project planning.
- CEO believes in buying software rather than developing custom solutions.
- Feels like multiple companies within one, each with different pipelines and software setups, and there's little effort to unify the processes.
- Departments are competitive rather than collaborative.
- Technical development is accidental, often driven by half-baked solutions provided by the artists working in their idle time.
- IT support is understaffed and overworked, often dealing with basic issues that could be solved with proper automation frameworks.