Room 8 Employee Reviews & Ratings

high temp of work, burnout from work

-poor company management as the company failed to successfully sign new clients, which lead to layoffs

It's outsourcing studio, so very demanding to your skills and ability to maintain fast working tempo.

I don't know any minuses of this company

slow career growth irregular 1-1 if you don't know the salary range and ask for a low one - no one raises it to a normal level

Not very high salary Not all projects are interesting

Short estimates on tasks, hour logging in Jira, sometimes boring projects

90% of the projects are trash Salary is really low Nobody cares about you or your personal problems

Major layoffs of 3D Artists during the 2023 crisis.

Processes can be unstructured. Due to rapid growth, there's sometimes overlap in responsibilities and a lack of unified procedures or templates. Feedback isn’t always consistent. One-on-ones happen regularly, but more structured performance reviews and transparent salary growth criteria would be beneficial.

Bureaucracy Few vacations They demand a lot and give nothing in return. A small salary

All the corporate shenanigans Low salary for AAA They see you only as production machine No benefits or bonuses Problems with new projects

- you have timetrack every second what you did - some leads have no experience and have no ideea what they are talking about - only the lead is right - you can’t refuse a project even though they say you can in the interview. - you cannot take vacation whenever you want - if you have some free time between tasks you are forced to do a model by they’re choice or learn new programs even if you don’t want to.

Salary caps pretty early without potential for growth

Short estimates for some projects, be prepared to work overtime

Too low emotional intelligence of managers

Process heavy, yet at the same time too dynamic with changes

Sometimes you can be switched from ongoing project to another

Kinda low salary for Europe cost of living, lack of additional benefits

- Constant problems with resource planning lead to projects failure, overtimes, and burnouts (it's like years alredy) - Rapid and not thoroughly planned changes in company structure and operation tools lead to general chaos and gray areas of responsibility - focus on big goals and changes without paying attention to the problems at hand, doesn't pay attention to the middle line thoughts - layoff policy is strange, many skillfull artists were fired during last 2 years in favor of new less experienced people, that only made capacty problems bigger, same goes for management - company spends money on unnecesary digitalisation and internal communication platforms which are not in demand - that went together with "no performance reviews" policy for 1 year. - can't do anything with burnouts, oficial answer I heard from department head "you all a grown people, you need to work on your problems yourself" - With that - if you don't overtime when needed, you eventually got fired -My experience of dealing with the financial department has always been negative - they try to transfer all operations to the contractor, leaving only the task of paying remuneration for themselves

Sometimes too much work sometimes

They need to micromanage every single teeny tiny detail, so much so that they make it almost impossible for you to do your job. You'll get destructive and insidious feedback from leads that don't even know how to import an .fbx in any other modeling software that's not Maya. Middle and high management are wildly unprofessional and if you don't suck up to them they WILL NOT like you, which means that they will go out of their way to get you a salary decrease, a demotion or downright fired. All the while giving you empty explanations full of LinkedIn buzzwords without saying anything of substance. Salaries can be good, but mine definitely wasn't, and the expectations are usually, in my experience, way above the compensation. The estimates and deadlines are utterly laughable and a lot of artists are doing submerged unpaid overtime but nobody dares to say it out loud to the people in positions that could actually do something about it because they'll get told that it's their fault because they're not fast enough, or good enough or just bad artists. Overall this is a meat grinder of a company that doesn't care about it's artists. If you get hired get the money, get the experience and jump ship to a better studio.

Sometimes there are no projects and I have to do self-study assignments

Top management lacks transparency and strategic communication. There’s no clear vision shared with employees. Major issues like client losses or failed internal projects are not addressed openly. Company-wide meetings feel performative, with repeated questions left unanswered. The removal of anonymity in Q&As discouraged open dialogue and contributed to declining morale.

The cuts were unpleasant, but the reasons for them were clear at the time

Honestly, none that stand out — it’s been a very positive experience overall.

They try hard but comunication in english between workers is still a weak point.

Because of the strict system, sometimes there is not enough space for creative improvisation. But for some, this can be a pros

worst management i have experienced expected to work overtime for free hostile environment and passive aggressive leaders

no cons for me at all

If you are observant, you can notice how the company is trying to save on employees (promotions, salaries) Half of the employees do not stay longer than 1-2 years (in my observation) Recently, a career growth plan was implemented. But some decisive conditions do not depend on you. Because of this, the transition to the next level may take 1 year+ or, in theory, never, although initially it is calculated for half a year

lack of benefits, presents and educational opportunities

No bonuses, very low raises of salary. Low payment for leading and huge amount of work.

It could be overtimes in prime time

I can't think of one.

Management challenges, career growth limitations and workloads, deadlines.

You gotta fit in and show good results

At the moment I didn't have any problems so far.

After 3 months I figured out everything I wanted to know. Very often overtime, people exploatation, micromenagment on all levels, suspicious lead roles etc. If you have studio with open roles every month that can be a good sign how they treat people they hired and why people don't stay there in long term. In short , avoid this company.

Problems with higher management. Don't value people much. Can release you in one day without warning.

Constant pitching, no real projects

the scale of the company leads to more bureaucracy, which is natural though

Pay could be higher, annoying management

Good place to start a career.

They will lie you right after your message ''I Interested''

- Burnout is treated as the individual’s problem rather than something the company should help address. - Leadership is often not transparent, and communication about company direction feels unclear. - Very high turnover frequent layoffs across all levels regardless of seniority. - Project assignments are done without asking or aligning with personal preferences. - Performance reviews tend to focus on negatives rather than recognizing contributions! They are rude. - Heavy micromanagement and strict time tracking. - Salary growth and raises are rare and not clearly structured. - Managers can be unprofessional and disrespectful in communication. - Unrealistic deadlines and poor estimations put pressure on the team, and if deadlines are missed, the blame is placed entirely on the artist. - The company saves heavily on software and tools, which often affects employees’ efficiency and comfort at work

I dont have anything to say here

No other benefits and bureaucracy

Low salary, super toxic head of 3D department

A lot of inane meetings They try to maintain a very positive outlook even if things arent going well