Anonymous at Thu, 18 Nov 2021 07:51:43 UTC No. 862856

In US VFX companies - no

Anonymous at Fri, 19 Nov 2021 03:15:36 UTC No. 863062

When I first started out, it was in a big studio.
I would stay past 6 just to look through docs, setups and whatnot, there was a wealth of knowledge at my disposal written by 20+ years of world-class artists who came before me that I wouldn't be able to find anywhere else.
Someone came at exactly 6, every single day, usually the trainer for the new hires, who'd do rounds and tell people to go home.
>but I'm just looking through stuff for myself!
>"go home!"

Overtime culture is only true at places like Jim Jones' Visual Effects & Co. Corner (sweat)Shop at the intersection of 420th and 69th Ave. in Bumfuck, Nowhere, Ohio and MPC (any site).

Everywhere else is actively discouraged, even where overtime pay isn't a thing (e.g. UK).

It doesn't mean that you'll never do overtime, but 4 hours every day is bonkers. You'll do overtime when it's delivery time and the render broke on the farm at 3:30pm and you didn't notice until 5:50pm.
Besides, if you aren't a drooling retard there'll be days where you literally just twiddle your thumbs all day (and still get paid), either because you've just delivered to the client or you're waiting for stuff from upstream to come through/get approved.

People who do overtime are retarded. Either prod are right cunts (i.e. MPC) and overload you with work, in which case you better gtfo of that place ASAP or you feel the need to prove something to someone. The only thing you prove by staying until 11pm is that you're a fuckin' clown who's willing to work for free.