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I started working for Technicolor with a bright attitude and enthusiastic to start getting my career in VFX underway. It felt too good to be true and it was. As a PA I was promised training which I did not receive, I was promised security and progression which was hard to achieve given the lack of training, I was expected to perform to a high standard which was difficult given the lack of training. I committed myself to this company with every intention on staying on for the long term and creating an asset out of myself only to be met with a ridiculously amateurish outfit with very little organisation and incompetent leadership. Leaving most of middle management, artists, and entry level staff like myself to devise entire operational procedures, which were completely different between each show. Many staff members were worn out and forced to resign or take weeks off for health reasons, some soaked up the needlessly long hours with hope for things to get better but no-one seemed to care about fixing things. In comparison to the workload the pay was insulting. I did a few 70 hour weeks, and volunteered for Saturdays, but the work you put in is not valued. This company is not in it for the love of screencraft.

There is no specific team leader that has the ability to show good management skill. 

Production manager is OK but need to show some leadership.

Each station has its own one experienced staff that will micro manager at what you do.

The culture over there is not what you expect in Australian workplace. The culture/environment is more like working at a third world country where they treat you like a slave.

Never have I seen such disgusting workplace environment. They shout at you for small mistakes. Again, the experienced employee that teach you are very disrespectful towards you. It's probably their own individual background.

This should be an Australian workplace but no one has the guts to stand up for themselves, therefore, the bad environment lingers.

The employees are mainly non English speaking background. since the experienced staffs are also non English speaking background, they will treat you like slave.

They don't have their own HR, therefore, they hire through agency to deal with it.

They always push you like a robot/slave. Seriously, this needs to change.

Thank god I quit a long time ago.

it's physical job and very tiring, full time staff are bully to casual and casual staff must do all the hard work which full time staff even cannot able to do although working at technicolor for more than 10 to 20 years long. Too much politics involved and ethnic groups each other look after and if someone is out of their group or not getting along with them, that person will get bullied by whole group. When line leader or supervisor if they don't like someone (someone not cunning to them) , that person get to work all the hardest job for whole day without mercy. They make sure of that person to get bullied and gave hard time like working holiday visa or out of their ethnic group.

I never seen this working environment , even other people they said they work other factory or work , never like this technicolour , but noone dare to speak up may loose the job , cannot survive to pay their rent etc.Everyone has to shut up and get bullied by them.

The best part was never knowing what you were walking into at the start of your shift, could be somewhat mundane or something realy challenging that the previous shift had struggled with all day, and it felt good to leave knowing the place was better for having been there.
 Initially it was every man for himself however with patience and collaboration the culture slowly became more and more inclusive.
  While I was there we had 4 owners, Show adds, Pacific Magazine and Packaging (PMP), Southern Star Endamol, and Technicolor,The best management was,when PMP, were the owners as they had a very progressive training program. I learnt a lot about myself and the way some other people think and behave
  The most enjoyable part of the job was clocking off, knowing the plant was running better than when you started.

easy to work and pay details are very clear
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A typical day was operating the machine and what I learnt was work as a team look after number 1 and do the job right, didn't really have much to do with management, and the co-workers was excellent the best people to work with and the hardest part of the job was trying to keep an eye on the workers to not make a mistake, because you were the one in charge of your operation when trying to do your own job by running or operating the machine, and the most enjoyable part of the job was reaching your target at the end of the day.

•	Served as coordinator between the manufacturing shop floor, and the shipping carrier to ensure on-time delivery.
•	Participated in monthly cycle counting for warehouse and shop to ensure accountability of inventory.
•	Used database software Vantage to create daily batch reports. That confirmed all the inbound and outbound stock from the warehouse.
•	Work under intense pressure to meet shipping deadlines.
•	Ensure that quality assurance checks are completed and maintained.

Very friendly,multicultural environment. Fast paste but only very easy job to do. Technicolor was my very first pick packing job and i learnt most of my skills there. such a great place i wish i still worked there.

The industry is slowly dying due the NBN and associated technology, although through mergers and games etc it has grown for Technicolor, the writing is on the wall.

7/10, friendly staff and IT to help with trouble shooting. Production workflow often plagued by equipment and program failures, otherwise work is enjoyable.

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