Pirated software ..tens of thousands of dollars.
Wasting tax payer money…At least 3 million.
Embarrassment to Canadian Business…Priceless.

3 years, 40-60 hours per week.
3 seperate television series during that time.
6 weeks paid vacation (NOT COUNTING HOLIDAYS)

Even with the studio closing I never went without my paycheck. I’m not saying you are misinformed, but the information you have been given is wrong.

I know almost nothing of their working practises so can’t comment on the actual studio, though I do know some who Fatkat did work for and they had nothing but good things to say about them.

But, just in general, I’ve often said if animators need to work late on any kind of regular basis, you need more animators. If it happens and you can’t afford more animators, you’ve buggered up severely and that is a major management problem.

Unhappy workers are not good workers and discontentment spreads like the plague.

All too often i’m seeing friends being thrown into productions they can’t handle, all because of artisticly mis-informed studio heads with over-ambitious production schedules. I don’t know if that was the case here, but it wouldn’t surprise me.

THe entire industry is suffering so i won’t go on squabbling about the obvious.

We’ve all made poor decisions. All it takes to stop all this overworking bullshit it the choice not to take the gig and then live with it, or without it.

We chose to take the gig, we all suffered for it, including our families and loved ones. It’s a business risk we all take.

Every single Fatkat got paid for every single frame they animated. All vacation was paid and everyone recieved ample notice.

Don’t spread shit you have no idea about.

Gene