Technicolor Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Good experience over all."

What do you like about working at Technicolor?

"Technology, and the opportunity to work with senior developers and talented designers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"be specific, get specific answers, get what you need upfront, if not, walk away."

What don't you like about working at Technicolor?

"Management needs to hold their vision, and lack of faith will defeat the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the trends and employees with the notion of actually acting on the suggestions."

What do you like about working at Technicolor?

"The technology and the growth of the company has been good."

What don't you like about working at Technicolor?

"The instability and ambiguity and lack of bigger picture on launch."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Clarity and achievable milestones, motivation of employees and clear direction."

What do you like about working at Technicolor?

"They employees stick together and really bond, making it helpful to get through the general abuse and HR violations suffered through by management."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"One of the most under paid companies for all positions if working in the Camarillo, CA location. With no supervision out their on their own you will not even get the support of HR if harassed. I give them a year to two years before they shut the doors in that location. Stick to the locations in Burbank and Glendale if you really want to be involved in anything innovative or revenue making."

What don't you like about working at Technicolor?

"The fact that they treat all their employees like cattle. I'm sure they are heartbroken they were not allowed to brand us."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Perhaps if they cleaned house a bit and got some new and current talent running the show in house, it would be a great revenue creating location. However with the general lack of compliance to their own said HR rules and doing all studios work virtually for free. I don't see how they can even consider themselves a top runner in any field of business. My guess is the Shareholders have no clue that Technicolor Dist and Mfg department is running themselves out of business. All whilst building an environment on the cusp of a class action suit for a Hostile Environment. This is definitely one of the worst managed places due to lack of experience in the upper management circle, which contains nothing more than an old circle of call center folks who somehow made their way up the ranks, lacking the innate ability to bring new and innovative ideas to the table and an utter lack of how to manage and motivate people. Prisoners receive more respect than the employees of this division in Camarillo, CA. I truly believe the more complaints about this location that go into the EEOC may possibly bring about change. Or closure of this location."

"Discriminated against Blacks, no A/C, chains on doors, minimum wage."

What do you like about working at Technicolor?

"There was nothing to like about working for this company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't work for Technicolor unless you are desperate for a job."

What don't you like about working at Technicolor?

"Technicolor is a major distribution company located in Memphis, TN. The company exploits the labor pool in Memphis in a way I've never seen before. The company only uses temporary labor and has many temporary employees that have worked for the company for years with no benefits, or raises, making only minimum wage. Everyone other than management makes minimum wage. When you arrive at the company you will think its a prison. There are security guards waving metal wands at everyone and checking purses and other belongings. You have to stand in line to get waved in and out. You can not bring a cell phone into the building and there are no phones for use within the building. Once you are inside the building you cannot leave for any reason, not even an emergency or they tell you its an automatic termination. You have no means to communicate with members of the outside for around 13 hours. There are chains on all the doors and there is only one way in and one way out. The city of Memphis looks the other way even though this is a violation of fire safety codes because Memphis has few jobs and wants to keep Technicolor happy.The temporary staffing agencies send out more people than they know is needed to make sure all positions are filled. They do not compensate for wasted gas if you cannot get inside to work. Technicolor is a long drive down a backroad on the outskirts of Memphis and if you show up and there are people already there you can't work. When you do work you have to show up hours early. Sometimes two hours early. Technicolor has onsite staff of mostly Hispanics and they would have the black employees stand in one line and the Hispanic workers in another line. Then the Hispanic line was always called first and assured a place in to work for the day. They say this was because all of the Hispanic workers had been made Core temps. Yet no black workers had been made Core temps. Also, the black workers standing at the end of the line would be made to write their entire social security numbers down on a sheet of paper being passed around and when they complained they were told they could not just write the last four numbers but the entire number. This paper would eventually make it to the Hispanics who were standing in line up front, many of whom were copying their social security numbers down from torn off sheets of paper. After I left Technicolor, for years I received W2 forms from jobs I had never worked all the way out as far as California. There was no vacation or benefits of any kind. If you got sick or missed a day for any reason you could be permanently banned from Technicolor. Even if you couldn't always get placed. They would call you no matter what time and expect you to show if they had an opening. They wouldn't give you but about 20 minutes. No matter what you were. And again they paid minimum wage and if you made it and they had changed their minds you were just out of luck. There was no compensation for your gas.I worked out there during the summer with one brief winter stint. During the summer there was no A/C and there were women fainting in the warehouse. Pregnant women would just pass out and they would call the ambulance. During the winter time people were so desperate to work they would show up hours early and be made to stand outside the building in below freezing weather for one to two hours in full view of management and security sitting on the inside of the building laughing and smiling in the warm. People would be shivering, their noses running, grown men and women, waiting to get in. The company and management/security was so callous they would not let people in to stand in the warm. If you sat in your car you would lose your place as again Technicolor took the first couple who showed up.The company never guaranteed an 8 hour day and if work became slow they would send you home. Even after 2 or 3 hours. It was very exploitative company with unsafe working conditions. To this day, I don't understand how they get away with chaining people inside that warehouse. A tornado had hit once and again all the doors were chained and people did not have anyway out other than through the front but security and chains was blocking that too. So people covered themselves even as parts of the roof blew off."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Invent a new system as the current one is exploitative and cruel and unsafe."

What do you like about working at Technicolor?

"I like because I work in a WWD contest, with growth opportunity and with a challenging technology."

"Was a great place to work and learn most of my experience working for 13 years."

What do you like about working at Technicolor?

"I was able to start at $4.25 an hour and make $15.50 13 years later."

"Working int technicolor has been on of the best experiences of my life. This company is like my big family."

What do you like about working at Technicolor?

"The people here is awesome. There is always someone willing to help and the atmosphere is very nice."

What don't you like about working at Technicolor?

"Everything has been really good since I am here. I loved working here with all this people."

"Great place to work, but little chance for advancement."

What do you like about working at Technicolor?

"Great people and good benefits."

What don't you like about working at Technicolor?

"No chance for promotion, advancement based on seniority and not skill, big company so is not agile in changing with new technology."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have a pathway for advancement for personal, listen to knew ideas, invest in personal."

"To the point, great people - not such a healthy company to work for."

What do you like about working at Technicolor?

"Working within the film industry and meeting people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask about raises and promotions - get it in writing."

What don't you like about working at Technicolor?

"They treat their employees like cattle, and they are not honest about the strength of the company as a whole."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"People are not towels, no need to wring out every drop and then toss when you have gotten what you need."

"Great company, well managed."

What do you like about working at Technicolor?

"Everything."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be a team player and get involved with Continuous Improvement."

What don't you like about working at Technicolor?

"Not being there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work."

"Company basically gave up on the business. Couldn't manage it."

What do you like about working at Technicolor?

"I liked the vast opportunity that I had to make a difference, before they decided to give it up."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"None I can think of."

What don't you like about working at Technicolor?

"Management went away, and was replaced by people who didn't know or care about the business."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They are gone. Don't know what I would suggest."

What do you like about working at Technicolor?

"Great team."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you have a professional portfolio prior to applying."

What don't you like about working at Technicolor?

"I like everything in there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work."

"A terrific place to work!!"