Passion meets corporate exhaustion - Storyboard Artist Guru Studio Employee Review

1.0
May 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

It teaches you how to work fast

Cons

When I first joined, I thought I had landed somewhere creative, the kind of place where talented people could actually build great work together, but that picture started falling apart the longer I stayed and the more I saw what was happening behind closed doors. Priorities change all the time, work that was already finished kept coming back with more changes. Management cared more about control than people and office politics mattered way too much. Extra work kept getting dumped on the same people, and some days the workload got so insane you stopped feeling like an artist and started feeling like a slave just trying to survive. Most of the good people did not leave because they lacked passion, they left because passion can only survive so long in a place built on pressure. You stop thinking about your craft and start thinking about survival. Walking away did more for my creativity than staying ever could.

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5.0
Feb 24, 2022
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Pros

Great studio culture, friendly, snack days on Fridays. Also bring your dog to work day!

Cons

None, it was a great experience.

4.0
Jun 29, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly people with fun projects. I enjoyed snack days as ridiculous as it seems. This was my first animation studio job and I learned a lot. Much of it was by making mistakes and having a decent support network help me.

Cons

Not too many. Mainly I don't like that trying to get a full time contract with them is a fruitless endeavor, and that benefits are not offered.

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Guru Studio Response
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Thank you for your comments. As of 2015 we have offered a competitive benefit package. Our contracts are structured on Canadian animation industry standards and project- to-project contracts allow us to better manage and maximize our tax credit support and government paperwork. Many Guruvians have been here for years - some over a decade, migrating from contract to contract and enjoying the same benefits, pay raises and security of a full-time employee.
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