In-betweener - Animator OLM (Japan) Employee Review

2.0
11 Feb 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good training provided by the company. Good career advancement, you will be noticed if you achieve high quota. Average but stable income, never delays and never miss once. Inclusive. Degree diploma, they don't mind. What matters is your drawing skills and willingness. Get to work on popular animes

Cons

Worse Work/life balance. Bad coordination by the company. quota based, so pressure is too much for staff. Taking more work than the employee capacity, so often have help other staff with their work. Deadline based so you have absolutely no choice but to finish work even if it takes the whole night. No overtime pay even though working past 9 pm almost everyday. Worst overtime was until 2 days, more than 24 hours and no extra pay whatsoever and overtime past 2 am happens every month. Toxic managers.. Guilt-tripping staff when you're unable to finish work or wanting to extend time. Feels inhumane. Your 9am-6pm is very rare, feels like it's impossible. Replacement leaves are given but not immediately after the overtime, feels like they do this on purpose so you are forced to continue work after. Not worth the triple A anime we worked on.

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4.0
16 May 2025
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
8 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Using industry standard animation software which has lots of useful features to ease workflow. - Working from home (WFH) can be a good thing if you live with your family as it saves you a lot of money on transport and food. - Get to work on various anime titles which is useful for your portfolio. - Improves your drawing skills significantly - More suitable for interns rather than full-time applicants - Get to learn a little bit of Japanese terms

Cons

- Poor work-life balance - Must be very good at adapting to the Japanese Animation workflow within 2 months. - Very luck-based task; Easy ones have little detail, while difficult ones have complex details and requires proper planning - Every day is a deadline. Good luck finishing it within 9 hours. - For what it's worth, the salary is not enough for the amount of effort needed to finish tasks in each month. - Higher-ups have high expectations on your performance, especially if you're still within probation period. - Making connections with people there is non-existent since it's WFH (idk maybe just me)

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