Funimation is destroying Crunchyroll - Director of Engineering Crunchyroll Employee Review

1.0
24 Feb 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nothing left good about this place. Few others who were not laid off and are still with the company I believe will be leaving in the near future.

Cons

Funimation "leadership" creates a toxic environment based on extreme dictatorship principles. No one is allowed to speak. Anonymous Q&A is no longer a thing during All Staff meetings and everyone asking valid questions to leadership is being closely monitored and fired. After the recent layoff of ~80 people, "leadership" could not even provide justification to people why the layoff is taking place. Managers have not been aware and one day some managers even lost all of the team members, remaining a single person in the department. Everyone is afraid to speak now and fear culture is working. No transparency, and no career opportunities, this place is cursed. Sony does nothing (at least now) and unclear whether they even know what is happening inside Crunchyroll.

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5.0
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CEO approval
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Recommend
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Pros

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Cons

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