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Halon Entertainment Reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(34 total reviews)
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Christopher Ferriter

68% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Halon Entertainment has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 34 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Halon Entertainment 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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34 reviews
2.0
16 May 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Opportunity to learn new things. - They offer some basic benefits (401k, vacation pay). - The workstations are up to date (for the most part). - Access to most applications artists would need. - They have an IT department which is capable of dealing with most hardward/networking issues.

Cons

- Increasingly corporate mentality. - Low morale among artists. - Mandatory contract suggests they can fire/terminate employment for any reason and do not need to explain why and will not give notice until the day of termination. - Non-flexible work hours, and do not make exceptions for any reason. - They have a record of losing jobs in the middle of production, causing numerous unexpected layoffs. - Barely any real lunch options in a walkable distance from the studio. - At least one individual in "management" uses a lot of profanity and can be rather critical with the quality of work from the artists (lacking in tact).

3.0
17 Oct 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Projects are fun. Producers have their acts together. They are respectful and realistic about over time, and also follow the laws regarding overtime.

Cons

If you're not a white dude be prepared to field some jokes about it.

2.0
5 Nov 2022

Extremely toxic leadership

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Good Benefits (401k match, Medical coverage, Vision, Dental, Pets) - Really amazing artist level comradery - Work from home is great, very flexible with time zones (They do not supply you with your own equipment) - Time and a half overtime pay. - There are a small handful of leaders that are wonderful and supportive. - If interested in learning more about Unreal Engine this is a good place for that.

Cons

- Ever since NEP bought the studio, it has gone downhill fast. - No pipeline. It's a mess and the artists they hire to fix and make a pipeline aren't listened to and thrown around onto different tasks because they are understaffed due to high turnover. - Artists are thrown around to different shows without much notice all the time. Their favorite solution is to throw bodies at the problem. - EXTREMELY TOXIC LEADERSHIP!! - People are in leadership positions but don't know anything about the department they are leading. - Boys club through and through. Currently about 222 employees and about 60 of them are women, none in supervisor roles. - Extremely high artist turnover. Artists and production quit all the time because of the way they are treated by higher ups and allowed to be treated by their largest client. - Mentally and emotionally manipulative and abusive leadership. These issues have been brought up before and the accused still hold their positions. The artists and producers that raised the complaints have either left the studio or were removed from the projects they were on. They have no respect for the artists and their time outside of work. Artists are afraid to report the issues they see and experience with their leadership due to what has happened to many in the past. HR does nothing even though numerous incidents have occurred. One HR rep even laughed when an employee reported an offensive sexual joke made by leadership. - No variety of work in the finals department and no creative freedom. - Wage gaps between men and women in the same positions. - They love to band-aid fix and not find real long term solutions, so there are constantly technical problems arising. - No room for growth, and no explanations when you are denied your growth. - They want generalists with the expertise of specialized artists.

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