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The mentality of a French studio in Montreal - 3D Animator Blue Spirit Productions Employee Review

3.0
22 Apr 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Permanence, no downtime, no overtime. Projects are usually very appealing. If you manage to do the 8/9 sec/days of animation with good enough quality, the job become super chill. The other animator are super friendly and welcoming. A lot of tools to help your speed. Had a lot of fun, could return if they change few thing.

Cons

The mentality of the direction clash with every other studio in Montreal, they didn't adapt to the market here. Constant surveillance of your work and pressure. No event organize by the studio, everything must come from the animator. 8/9 sec/days of animation. Low salary for mid and higher (pretty good for junior). All of this create a sense of an animation factory with minimal respect for the employee. Only a handful of senior animator, usually only manage to get Junior.

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4.0
27 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

1) Glassdoor wouldn't let me select both but I get to do modelling AND texturing so I'm not stuck doing the same thing over and over again, it adds a nice mix up in routine (plus i love doing both). 2) alot of projects give a bunch of wiggle room for creative input. 3 ) If you like problem solving we do get to try and develop our own fixes for day to day issues as we work closely with other departments. 4) NO OVERTIME - I suppose this could be a con to some, but the company is pretty much 9-5 mon - friday. So the work/life balance is really nice. 5) benefits are decent - i max out my insurance as much as possible ;) gotta get those massages, drugs, therapy and eyewear where i can. 6) Pro-parent -> alot of flexibility when it comes to parents for WFM when needed/your kids sick. 7) Blue Eyed samurai is super fun 8) a TON of variety when it comes to shows -> we get to work on soooo many styles of art

Cons

They still fixing a lot of technical issues on the IT side of things (they recently had a big turn over of higher positions + IT as well as migrating from 3dsMax to Maya, so a new pipeline takes a while to develop) which can make things a bit slow - although this is less of an issue for preprod mdl/txt. Pay is lower than bigger studios

2.0
1 Oct 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Three weeks paid leaves. interesting project.

Cons

Micro management. Low pay and can't negociate it. bad pipeline.

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