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Saturday, December 02, 2006
Disney plans to cut some animation jobs
Yahoo! News: "A company source said that about 20 percent of a work force of about 800 animators and other workers -- roughly 160 people in the Southern California unit -- would be affected."
7 comments:
Anonymous
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Lots of industries are very tricky. They hire staffs according to the current and incoming projects, and then cut them when the works are done. We need to observe this kind of situation very carefully when we are looking for a job and the company where we work, as well. If the compay doesn't have many incoming business and there are lots of colleagues around. Watch out! the comopany would cut...
"the move reflected an industry-wide move toward hiring animators on a project-by-project basis rather than as full-time staff."
yes it sucks that people are going to lose their jobs, but this does seem like a somewhat legit reason. however if they are going to use this as there reason then they better stick to it and make it known that that is the reason people are losing their jobs
It makes sense that as project time lines increase there is a need for less permanent staff for each film. Cut backs is part of business that no one likes to do but is often necessary. The article says that there will still be project-to-project designers hired, but it says nothing as optimistic about production employment opportunities. - Maddie Regan
It seems like this is a business decision for Disney. It is probably cheaper to hire the same amount of animators for the same amount of actual work on individual production contracts, rather than paying to have a full time staff, that may not always be necessary.
I hope that Disney is not jeopardizing their quality of work by reducing their workforce. And while i understand their reasoning for lengthing production time and cutting salaried expenses, i can't help but wonder if it's really necessary? I find it hard to believe that the money spent on 160 animators in southern california is affecting the Disney company so much that they feel the need to alter production schedules and cut expenses.
Since it is only 20% of the staff, I am not worried too much about them. All of my favorite animators have been supervising animators or charecter designers employed by Disney for the last 30 years. From what I hear, most of the cuts are going to be made at the lower levels with inbetweeners and fill artists. Not that these people aren't important, but thet are not going to affect the design quality of a production. And it sounds like most of them will just be hired on a movie by movie basis instead of full time moving from project to project. Overall, I'm sure that they will not let anything affect the quality of the productions.
it seems sad that disney is loosing the animation part of their industry. I remember being so happy to see the next new disney when they were cartoons and the new computer animation just doesnt always hold up to the same standard. on the other hand, i may have an idealized view of what a disney movie should be.
7 comments:
Lots of industries are very tricky. They hire staffs according to the current and incoming projects, and then cut them when the works are done. We need to observe this kind of situation very carefully when we are looking for a job and the company where we work, as well.
If the compay doesn't have many incoming business and there are lots of colleagues around. Watch out! the comopany would cut...
"the move reflected an industry-wide move toward hiring animators on a project-by-project basis rather than as full-time staff."
yes it sucks that people are going to lose their jobs, but this does seem like a somewhat legit reason.
however if they are going to use this as there reason then they better stick to it and make it known that that is the reason people are losing their jobs
It makes sense that as project time lines increase there is a need for less permanent staff for each film. Cut backs is part of business that no one likes to do but is often necessary. The article says that there will still be project-to-project designers hired, but it says nothing as optimistic about production employment opportunities. - Maddie Regan
It seems like this is a business decision for Disney. It is probably cheaper to hire the same amount of animators for the same amount of actual work on individual production contracts, rather than paying to have a full time staff, that may not always be necessary.
-A Siebert
I hope that Disney is not jeopardizing their quality of work by reducing their workforce. And while i understand their reasoning for lengthing production time and cutting salaried expenses, i can't help but wonder if it's really necessary? I find it hard to believe that the money spent on 160 animators in southern california is affecting the Disney company so much that they feel the need to alter production schedules and cut expenses.
-samantha englender
Since it is only 20% of the staff, I am not worried too much about them. All of my favorite animators have been supervising animators or charecter designers employed by Disney for the last 30 years. From what I hear, most of the cuts are going to be made at the lower levels with inbetweeners and fill artists. Not that these people aren't important, but thet are not going to affect the design quality of a production.
And it sounds like most of them will just be hired on a movie by movie basis instead of full time moving from project to project.
Overall, I'm sure that they will not let anything affect the quality of the productions.
it seems sad that disney is loosing the animation part of their industry. I remember being so happy to see the next new disney when they were cartoons and the new computer animation just doesnt always hold up to the same standard.
on the other hand, i may have an idealized view of what a disney movie should be.
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