GOOD JOB - Animation Short Film 2021 - GOBELINS

[@titanic_monarch796]

the sad thing is coco seems to be the only one who genuinely cares about her, and yet the management is so demanding she ends up having to shove him aside

[@Kajnake]

sadly that is also a part of it thats extremely realistic

[@MrSophire]

But if he really cared about her, he would have helped instead of being the way. If a my friend in a hurry I do everything to help.

[@wolfzilla8973]

At the end though he doesn’t seem to have any hard feelings

[@sketch-eee4165]

Even then his care for her seems superficial at best.

[@codebracker]

And yet he still didn't know it was her birthday

[@benburke3015]

"Family delivers on time" might be one of the most low key horrifying phrases I've ever heard lol.

[@ZaiDrizzleDrop]

Why is that?

[@goodnightmyprince6734]

@@ZaiDrizzleDrop some don't

[@TheHydrakeHydra]

I’m curious as to why :0

[@MrUnkownGuyAC]

@@ZaiDrizzleDrop A family that strives to deliver on time isn't a family. It's a business.

[@ZaiDrizzleDrop]

@@MrUnkownGuyAC AAAAH I see

[@baroque_lad]

The absolute odds that I'm a greeting card designer who has inadvertently designed her own birthday card AND draws little cat doodles to de-stress. This feels like it was made for me. Thank you.

[@Peter32tjrksor]

Where can we see your work?

[@Nazgul100]

the link to your instagram on your about page isnt working, just FYI.

[@baroque_lad]

@@Peter32tjrksor Okay- so- for whatever reason my responses keep getting deleted. I'm sorry if you keep getting notifications. But I don't post my designs anywhere as I'm currently pursuing storyboarding at the moment. I usually post my illustration work on my gram, but- I'm afraid to mention it as my reply might get nix'ed again, haha. (: But thank you for asking.

[@Peter32tjrksor]

@@baroque_lad oof, sucks that the messages keep getting deleted. well, hopefully the storyboard thing goes well and you get a good job in animation.

[@God-T]

thats me right now! 0_0 !

[@Nitrinoxus]

I can't put into words how close to home this hits me -- the dismissive self-absorption by authority figures, the overlapping frustrations, the looming dread of the burnout you simply don't have a choice but to work through... There's a _lot_ of genuine feelings on display here, and it's put together masterfully.

[@fistpump64]

i recommend reading up on union figures like eugene debs and socialist/ communist figures like MLK and web dubois. of course look for people aroud the world too like rosa Luxembourg but knowing that thier were amazing voices for change in your home country hits good also i just released i kind of assumed your from America i apologize.

[@Nitrinoxus]

@@fistpump64 Honestly, it was kind of a safe assumption -- the States may not have a monopoly on awful workplaces, but they sure do have a _lot_ of them.

[@Nitrinoxus]

@@PussNBootos "Write what you know," as they say.

[@Rip_StarHappi]

That’s why I don’t live in big cities at all

[@Nitrinoxus]

@@Rip_StarHappi Pro tip: also avoid careers in graphic design.

[@davidb5205]

Perfectly captures modern workplace superficiality. Clichéd platitudes plastered on walls: "Make It Better" in a bathroom stall where an employee is struggling with anxiety, "Embrace Change" while the executive boardroom is filled with one type of employee, all identical. Managers & bosses delegate meaningless work that they don't know well or even care about to overworked subordinates. "We're like a family here" line - when employers want their workers to devote their lives to a job that won't even acknowledge their identity and value outside of labor and would quickly dismiss them if they got sick or died. It's funny and depressing at the same time.

[@yaboiviz7029]

Also the empty attempts at "boosting moral" like the ball pit, the little rocking horses in the meeting room, and, of course, the birthday card. All of which seemed to do nothing in favor of the workers or boosting moral.

[@fistpump64]

@@yaboiviz7029 capitalism.. man do everything to keep the company and the boss rich and give the workers "pizza party" gifts from time to time nothing meaningful

[@noahwilson3809]

@@fistpump64 It's more to do with elitism than capitalism. Capitalism means starting your own business while doing other work on the side until your business gets its stride. The reason why it hardly works nowadays is because running a business means gaining personal power, and power attracts the psychoes. These psychoes then work their way to the higher positions where they care little about the responsibilities that come with it and as a result, a gap is formed between the great and the small. What's more, these psychoes want that gap to stay there so they can keep their power over those they consider lesser. However, they know eventually the small will get the nerve to fight back, so they either implement illusions of empathy, and isolating the dissenters. Eventually, they seek to solidify their power through failed systems by villainizing the current system that was supposed to work but was infiltrated, and praising the failed systems. Soon, they get people punching sideways instead of up, and they solidify their power through a staged revolution where, in the end, they dispose of the revolutionaries and sheep until there's only subservient cattle. Eventually, one way or another, the established ruling elite are killed by those seeking to free their people from oppression, no matter how long said established elite are placed in power.

[@fistpump64]

@@noahwilson3809 You accidentally kind of just retroactively described some of the dynamics of capitalism but are labling it something else. capitalism isn't just owning your own business it's unique the existence of a capitalists class; private individuals who own mechanisms of creating and owning capitalism its ceos who own the band make wealth from the band and do nothing well the works are paied as little as possible. its daisy Executives buying blue skys to fire everyone to thin out Competition. the art that makes the money is made by people but they work is owned by the ceos by the capitalists business currency markets etc can all exist under a socialist society and has existed under wrost Forms of government structure like slave societies and monarchy. its the owner capitalist and worker dynamic that makes capitalism capitalism.

[@kenetickups6146]

It's the nature of corproations

[@Kira-ch8de]

Big companies.. as long as the work is done they don’t care too much about how it is done. Or even the results of it.. It’s like everything have lost it’s meaning.

[@CactusCowboyDan]

Kinda like how Disney is these days.

[@kayray4858]

As long as it brings in the money the top are happy

[@gektoast4968]

@@CactusCowboyDan that’s how I’m feeling after disney plus day

[@josephmoffatt4696]

The higher up the the people at the top are, the more distance there is between them and the people at the bottom.

[@99fulgur]

@@CactusCowboyDan kinda like every organization that has the fundamental objective to make profit are these days mmmhh 🤔

[@Nazgul100]

This was really great! I love how despite everything around having such silly and almost kid-like design that seems to be so in these days, where the office should be a place for fun and freedom, despite these appearences everything is still only surface level, and doesnt really imprive anything for the majority of workers who actually have to DO the WORK. The animation is very good and filled with a bunch of small details, I love that some are sleeping on the job, while others are working themselves stressed, that despite those silly "chairs" in the meeting room, its no more fun a meeting that others, that the Boss does no actual work, simply walks around letting his secretary handle eveything and so on. Also the animation itself is has a great style. It really serves to drive home that despite all the empty buzzwords thrown around on the jobmarket like "we are a family, we have fun, and designs made for creative thinking and whatever" it really is all just empty fluff, The only ones who seem to have any fun at all is the social media people who get to show it off. And that final knockout about how impersonal and surface level all these niceties are, comes with the reveal that it was Mimis birthday all along, and noone even knew. And the boss so casually going "oho I almost forgot about it" and the way they all treat her throughtout really hurts extra bad on the subsequent watches. Noone but Coco even knows who she is, they just want to be left alone. Im glad Coco is still friendly towards Mimi in the end, but still also sad that even thier relationship is impersonal. The birthday greeting is normal, he likely only found out after the thing was sent out and he saw it on thier social media, and then he follows up with a generic work related meme.

[@dariushcreates]

Yeah I kinda wanted there to be a scene where Coco deletes the post afterwards, apologises to Mimi saying that he understands how she feels and that whenever she needs someone to talk to, he's there to listen. Although that would be too long but atleast Mimi, the protag, would get the need and not the want. Validation that she exists as a person and a newfound connection with her colleague.

[@sophieh.4097]

amazing take!

[@Ttegegg]

Classic work life. Gonna be a interesting future as time replaces the office worker. I wonder what’s the equivalent will be

[@rscull210]

You’re right about Coco only finding out after she sent it out. She sent out the card at noon, he sent his message at 12:02 :/

[@gusty7153]

@@Ttegegg virtual spaces

[@Cometstarlight]

Yup. Sent a paper to my supervisor at work for a project I was assigned and was given the “good job!” response. I was pretty pleased with how far I had come, and then my supervisor asked me later that week if I had finished it. When I told him I had he said, “Oh, I haven’t read it yet.” It’s the little things like that that make me question the feedback I get.

[@SuperVannini]

What type of work were you doing?

[@Cometstarlight]

@@SuperVannini it was an analysis of soil and extraction of certain microorganisms.

[@Non-ExistentWoman]

another reason to avoid the job and accept starvation to death

[@token8390]

This makes me reflect a lot about my education and studying. I spend countless hours stressing about things that in a grand scheme do not matter and will not matter going into the future like small assignments and what not. But teachers insist so much to pressure you and think that it's the end of your future if you don't do it, while also being so rude about it. It's kind of egotistical to think like your class is the most important thing in the world and you should be treated like trash for struggling. Only for them to overlook how mentally draining it is to finish all of what they ask especially when they make assignments more complicated than they have to be seemingly just for the sake of it.

[@ZaiDrizzleDrop]

The main reason why I dropped outta college

[@naly202]

School is preparing you for life. What you are experiencing now is little compared to what will come

[@ZaiDrizzleDrop]

@@naly202 Funny, school hasn’t prepared me at all for what I’m going through, it was a complete waste of time. And if what I’m experiencing now is little compared to what’s to come, then that means school does little to prepare me. I don’t use any of the shit I was taught in school, I wish they taught people how to socialize

[@God-T]

this video captured everything I'm feelin right now! 0_0 why do I even try..

[@token8390]

@@naly202 Simply not true. That's just a toxic working environment and school is supposed to teach you skills not get you used to stress. That's not what school was made for.

[@EddVCR]

This is SO realistic. This was my daily life for a decade until my mind and body broke and I quit to get a new job.

[@smilecentaur]

i hope ur doing better now

[@EddVCR]

@@smilecentaur Thank you, that’s very sweet! My body still doesn’t know how to regulate heart rate and adrenaline, but I’m doing better.

[@yishaizukkol3099]

realistic? I don't recall human animals being real

[@BagOfButtons]

@@yishaizukkol3099 this is a person that missed the point so hard

[@e-xmile1044]

@@yishaizukkol3099 bruh

[@faroffshores2216]

The creative director doing absolutely nothing, then making a melodramatic fuss when called out on her own regulation is so accurate.

[@archsteel7]

Lots of standout moments in this, but I don't see anyone talking about the bit at the end where she types "hahaha" then backspaces out the last ha. That bit is painfully relatable.

[@Eva-uy1nl]

Yes

[@fine_ol_chap]

Suffering depression, dealing with a mental crisis, and making a birthday card for *yourself* for work is like hitting a new low for yourself

[@dudethatcouldcareless8375]

B)

[@justanothermortal1373]

Yeah... it sounds so dystopian and insane

[@rnknvisuals]

As someone who went to school for graphic design, worked an internship and got a job in the industry at a big company, its kinda sad how relatable this is lol. This actually makes me feel better about my decision to have gone the more freelance route not working for one of these companies. I remember projects taking weeks to get done just because I kept having to schedule meetings with people in other departments and them never having time to talk to me when I needed to. And then my boss getting pushy with me. Ugh, I don't miss it! Also I loved this animation style and character design. So simple and expressive with great sound design wowowow.

[@Lavonne9870]

I also went to school for graphic design, and the only job I could get was in sign shops with super fast turn around. After 10yrs in the industry, I gave up when I realized they hired people off the street at the same rate as me. I mean, really?

[@Splat654]

Birthdays used to be an exitiment, on how relatives and loved ones gonna surprise you this time. Now it's basically an another work of you thinking what to get for yourself and what even to do, to make it somewhat special, and the only surprise is to get an art or other congratulation from online friends you havent spoken in a while with.

[@XzoahX]

I really like Rino guy. You managed to absolutely capture that, "Slightly intimidating technocrat who's not malicious but kinda scares you anyway." vibe with him.

[@queentamer9095]

This aged perfectly for me. Already, I adored the colorful, bizarre world along side the unique characters … Thing is, now that I do have a job, I definitely relate to Mimi. I relate to the stress of running around while trying to get a higher ups approval over petty stuff. I relate to the fake “family” corporate crap (why do they even still push that? Do they think people think companies care?). I even relate to getting annoyed with coworkers who don’t seem to be on the same page as me, even if they mean no harm. It was among my favorite shorts on KZbin when I discovered it a long time ago, and its only gotten closer to spot number one after getting a job. I only wish this short could be shown to more people. More people who relate to mimi, and realize they’re not alone in their feelings. (Okay but seriously. Who is that one person who buys into “we’re a family” company nonsense?)

[@ptassa270]

If you look carefully into the background, you can find that Mimi isn't the only one dealing with workplace stress.

[@influenceceo1593]

That dog looked so sad in the elevator especially when the boss kept pressing him against the wall

[@DuckieMcduck]

@@influenceceo1593 The cardboard box with things on it seems like a stereotype for someone who just got fired

[@nilayandeysarkar3404]

Hell yeah. The animation looks OP along with the music. With all the obstacles of the year you guys pulled something amazing through your hardwork and dedication. Please enjoy yourselves today and a big congratulations to all of you.

[@gabrielgentien2935]

G O O D J O B

[@Ningustus]

I don't know if it was intentional but I love the double meaning I took from this. The workplace is stressful chaos that often feels meaningless, but also... we focus too much on our anxieties even when the problem isn't really a problem.

[@cup-cah-keh1142]

I like all the small details in this animation that I’m too lazy to notice lol. The only one I caught was Mimi hearting Coco’s text about wishing her happy bday, but not the meme…just shows all she wanted was to be wished a happy birthday :)

[@DrizzyB]

4:35 Bro the shortening of the "hahaha" to "haha" was just such a nice touch

[@Boo.7361]

"We're a family, and a family delivers on time!" that's a red flag and a half.

[@sparrows_9014]

Everything about this animation is SO SO GOOD, though it has me wondering if this is going to be my future when I graduate from uni and start working as a graphic designer...

[@samaelzelaya4302]

Sadly, I think most of us have been in that position after design school. At some point at least. Took me a while to start assessing the people instead of the quality of work being put out at companies. At the end of the day, It's the people you'll remember, not the awards a project got, etc etc

[@danielmanriquegarcia6041]

Sadly... It is. Know what the worst part is? That's IF you get lucky and get hired, because the alternative is to be a Freelance designer, which will have you struggling to get the jobs for individual clients at a time and every client is different, which is a different kind of pain and stress

[@soirema]

If you are lucky to even get a job...

[@YinsDarkNess]

It is

[@FurryEskimo]

When companies say “we’re family” I cringe at my core.. No, we’re not, you’re a business, pay me and treat me right, don’t expect to get away with stuff because families tolerate each other.

[@live4life551]

Exactly u need 2 EARN that shit

[@jerricho11]

Love how everyone lives in this pastel world of toys to create an artificial happiness in order to increase productivity but it's all meaningless because everyone is miserable cause everything is lead by indecisive people and nothing gets done. Also, the idea that rules matter more than people do, reminds me of SEVERAL companies that shall remain nameless. This short film is a good representation for how irritating the mindless corporate bureaucracy is, especially when it's all tied up in the fake 'heart' behind these huge companies. Corporations don't care about YOU the consumer or YOU the employee. To them, we are all that very punchable bird.

[@MrH2O1998]

I've been a design intermediary for arguments between regional and global before, and sadly this happens... a lot.

[@alexandrelessard7168]

that sound awfull can't you tell them to talk to each other themselves instead of using you as a messenger?

[@MrH2O1998]

@@alexandrelessard7168 Well when you are the only one that understand both their languages, unfortunately no.

[@nyx5232]

For people who worked as a designer, specially as an intern, you know that this is way too accuratte, just wow

[@socalbandits]

Noticing the dog guy in the elevator, carrying his stuff in a box, poor guy looks so sad.

[@alexandrelessard7168]

he probably just got fire and no one not even mimi actually notice him.

[@elaxerblaxer]

@@alexandrelessard7168 :(

[@yourhomez]

UGH the little nerdy glasses,, I’m in love

[@BanGaDakuma]

Very relatable when you're actually the one doing most of other ppl task. -u-;

[@simply_simpfulclown4248]

I love how almost everyone in the animation has double the letters in their name.For instance, Coco,Mimi,Pipi and Bobo.I also love how the lemonade is just water with a few cut up lemons in it

[@montypizzle5780]

This truly captures the division in major corporations. They have such a drastic change in power from person to person, none of them get along and they all pretend to be doing incredibly important work. In reality the lower level people do the hard work and never get necessary approval. Even working in IT I can't get one thing done without talking to someone else -even though I should be able to pull the lever. Flat companies really have things going for them when it comes to collaboration.

[@clapcrab9525]

0:56 Can we all just respect this dog? He literally anigilated himsef from shyness

[@Swordflash4]

It actually looks like he's been fired: got the box with the potted plant and everything, looks ruffled and downtrodden. Maximum irony to then put him in an elevator with the CEO who doesn't even notice him, and just keeps asking his assistant questions.

[@clapcrab9525]

@@Swordflash4 Totally misplay! I told about his physical disappearance between scenes

[@hellosabrinachaney]

"embrace change" as a homogenous group of guppies walk by. genius

[@TheTalkedSpy]

Does anyone think that this has potential to become a full show?

[@voreincorporated3056]

A show with this vibe and style would be top tier!

[@YourFriendlyShapeShifterFriend]

Yosh

[@OrionMelodyMusic]

It seems it would be similar to Aggretsuko.

[@SnakeArtists]

@@OrionMelodyMusic well beside the whole heavy metal and arc with retsuko going out different man of course

[@somebodysomewhere6770]

It already is. Aggretsuko.

[@Kira-ch8de]

Not Bianca drinking tea from a cocktail glass.. Icon right here

[@live4life551]

I love the fact Mimi's pupils are actually shaped like rectangles because of all the time she's looking at a screen

[@ThanksIfYourReadIt]

For those like minded, some rules I learned durring similar conditions: "Some rules are only there for LEGAL reasons." "Change only happens to things that STOPED production." "EVERYONE tries to avoid responsibility." If you keep an eye open and identify things to these categories you will have less stress as you know theire true reasons to be there. In this video for example the design portfolio were only created for legal reasons so arguing whenever we should follow it or not is pointless cuz it will only come up in a debate so it can be ignored if it would stop production, what he actually did. And the boss won't change his response or the above debated portfolio, because it didn't stop production. However the phone guy DID stop production and change were introduced swiftly. And everyone tries to avoid responsibility is self explanatory, that the 2 bosses bounce back despite how obvious its theirs they rather see the system burn then having it, the mechanical guys just keeps calling new and new ppl to offload the actual work, until it literally starts to burn at which point you can imagine they offload the responsibility to resources or contractors who installed it etc. Not to mention the boss just offloads it if it would have bombed, you bet they keep doing this until it hits a person who has noone to offload it. Usually a replacable cog.

[@AnimatedAndrew]

Once again, another absolutely gorgeous piece! Also, 4:55 HOLY CRAP, Marjane Satrapi was the Patron of the Films Class? As in THE Marjane Satrapi behind "Persepolis"?! That's wild!

[@fallenangelofoz8726]

I saw that, too, and got excited!

[@judahtirona9487]

OMG persepolis is my favorite graphic novel. I wouldn't have notice the author was a patron

[@Callaxes]

Loved the graphic novel . Didn't much like the animated movie for a number of small reasons.

[@liljepolak8565]

Like the touch that Luigi didn't really do anything at all, everything was handled by his secretary Pipi. Everytime something was asked of him he just went "Pipi, what do YOU think? :)" Judging from that, she should be higher on the corporate ladder than him

[@Zoichi20]

I think that's a reference to a leadership technique where you "empower" people by letting them make the decision themselves, taken to a extreme where the "leader" just doesn't do anything other than have the title

[@RadiantSharaShaymin]

I REALLY appreciate that she didn't have that moment of "oh no, I was mean to them" that anyone else would have put in after her pushing Coco aside, because it would invalidate her anger, and the entire point of Good Job, all together. Misdirected or not, she had a responsibility to her job, and it's admirable (but wrong and extremely unhealthy, I will never condone that) that she tolerated everything just to push for doing it right in an entire circus of slackers running meaningless work. (And I'd certainly say it wasn't misdirected, it's a very basic level of courtesy to acknowledge that someone needs to put high priorities on their work. Stopping them from doing so is just disrespectful.)

[@elaxerblaxer]

Ok

[@MissyMona]

Me too, he wasn't listening to her, like everyone else. It wasn't a healthy way to deal with the attention but it also wasn't cool that he was bothering her when she was clearly busy.

[@stardra]

I could relate to the stress Mimi was going through so well. It really sucks that so many people go through all this work either to be ignored and told "good job" even though they don't care or put much interest into the matter. Just the stress of having to go back and forth between two parties even though they're not the one being yelled at specifically, it's... relatable in a way even though I've never had a job like that. It makes me fear what adulthood will have in store for me.

[@alanisanders4352]

One of my all time favorite animated shorts, it speaks to me on so many levels, what a work of art!

[@allisonbilbey1948]

Love the small detail too of how the CEOs personal assistant is running the company and he isn’t since she knows everything and always directs it to her

[@gostovahs8121]

I really love this one! The animation and art designer are great, but the story is also amazing! The way Mimi is so focused on getting the higher ups attention, admiration, or any sort of emotion yet they are completely indifferent to what she is doing and are both bored and engrained in company's bureaucracy at this point. Mimi has become so obsessed with the higher ups she seems to completely have lost touch with the people who legitimately care about her and this is setting herself up for misery... and oof -- The boss telling her what a good job she did without even looking at her work maybe one of the saddest things ever. Having worked in the gaming industry for years the rhino and dog's fight over something neither cared about just because I think they want to feel anything anymore is sadly something i've seen =P

[@dragonvideos5667]

Personally, I just wanted to shout at them for their behavior and just lecture them. They didn't strike me the least bit professional. I do feel bad for both Mimi and Coco.

[@levisanchez7143]

The poodle and rhino going at it over a technicality sums up work life. The job is easy, it's the animals that make it hard.

[@PavitrStan4Life]

the rhino and the poodle were my parents 2 years ago, the cat were my siblings, and Mr. Luigi was my parent's marriage (GONE).

[@dlyfofbenny]

I feel offened by how much i relate to this haha

[@jaguarenduda]

the voice acting for Bobo was *mwah* perfection

[@tablettablet3028]

No joke. It would be interesting to see more of these shorts revolving around Mimi. They could be centered around other aspects of adulthood and mental health.

[@megansmallwood3409]

I'm glad that Mimi and her friend even though she was having a rough day he was being very kind to her

[@jazz9260]

1:49 “I’m busy” *windows startup sound*

[@chisomnwakor7370]

Look closely at the boardroom scene, amd you'll see that the fishes in the conference room are literally going "back and forth" on rocking horses. Which is kinda the way most decision making at the tiptop levels go 😂😂😂

[@geardog24]

At first I thought Mimi was like Aggretsuko but Retsuko would never break her friend's phone.

[@dmorfo4359]

He doesn't look like friend, more like annoying extravert coworker

[@vuson1073]

@@dmorfo4359 4:45 suggests that they are

[@Scarshadow666]

This short does feel like a semi-Westernized version of Aggretsuko to me as well (with similar themes about stressful workplace cultures/environments while using anthro characters). ^^

[@halfastudio]

@@dmorfo4359 you probably call all of your friends that.

[@wagonhopper4155]

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful short! The ending really got me, I screamed in my empty house lol. Talk about wanting to laugh and cry at the same time.

[@X0.LA_BRAVA.X0]

The fish are literally peak design like how does humanity come up with such beautiful creatures

[@UnRandomMisterioso]

I like so much this animation style

[@cromwellcruz]

there was this org event. joined it, won, then i made the announcement pubmat and caption for it myself :') the caption was like "we are so proud of you" felt horrible

[@neverever719]

Currently frustrated with the company I work for, I feel like I can relate to Mimi on a personal level here.

[@cansutamer5887]

Ahh this was amazing!! The style the art the dialogue everything ☺👌 i also loved the creative touches to the office in the background!!!

[@PrinceLuigii]

I am happy I tend to work in places with no one having artistic talent so when one who does come along with such they are rather praised for it. Shame that has it's own issues like "oh can you do this for free" or "Think of the exposure!" and bull crap. Good Vid, Gobelins

[@sajjadhaqCC]

I'm sure every perfectionist can relate. We get so wired into the smallest things. While Mr.Luigi on the other hand is aware of how benign details are.

[@do0mzday23-_-8]

You know I watched this while back, a few months before my first job. Appreciated the work but must say, didn't quite relate to it. I recently finished working at a restaurant for 5 months and even though it's my first job I don't think I'll ever work that hard ever again. And I knew damn well I'd have to see this again and my god, it hits so much different. Despite how different the actual job is, they have similar issues. ESPECIALLY with the managers. You really get the feel of how soulless and empty the "preaches" are. Just the sheer frustration you have to power through every day. It becomes pitiful just how used to verbal abuse and being treated like garbage you get. Like I FELT for her when she had to go back and forth to those managers. Stuff like that is just so... degrading. It really takes away you're humanity. Sure as hell took away mine. I really appreciate something like this that puts so many work thoughts in a perspective most can understand. In short, I love this piece. Good stuff.

[@DashnBurn]

As a UX/UI designer, the squabbling over styleguide consistency a'la font weight is sooooo true!

[@emlynekrmr]

ahh i loved this! huge night-in-the-woods vibes to me, but like if it was more light. and "happy". And the voice work was phenomenal! How cool would a full show of this be??

[@jacky304040]

It’s literally the feelings about my daily work routines. « Why am I still here, just to suffer? »

[@justmurye1322]

il y a vraiment tout qui est incroyable dans ce court-métrage, l’animation, le chara-design et la musique, vraiment un taff incroyable

[@avantikapatel4622]

The boss doesn’t do anything and doesn’t care at all but still is the boss.That’s painfully true sometimes

[@juliakhodko7967]

coco is the embodiment of that one friend you had in school

[@shadou1234567]

I think this one is one of the saddest shorts i ever seen. All the posivity in the workplace is alien to how people are handled there. We are a family, but will not look at your work, and acknowledge your birthday. You are super stressed due to deadlines today that you forgot it was your own birthday. There is funny chairs, creative messages, ball pit, the espace is enormous, instead of a crowded workplace. But i can't feel but wonder why this deep sadness of pepple pushing her around, Giving excusses and bossin her, making her work as a messanger. That this is your job, and tomorrow will be more of the same.

[@coconuthead1361]

Been following Eric Bardord's stuff for a while, which thankfully led me to this. Thank you, Eric, for leading me to this, as well as Satellite Young

[@Random_Pers0n]

the fact coco isn't angry is on another level of patience

[@ZaiDrizzleDrop]

Man this is so good! The animation, voice acting and storytelling was incredible! I rewatched multiple times! Mimi was so cute, and my favorite character was definitely Bobo

[@bw000m]

the set design in this is INSANELY GOOD

[@ScrungleSketches]

Awww that ending really hit home, poor mimi

[@ikslatt]

When I see scenes like this in movies and series. I automatically get scared of big companies. The fear of being ignored and bossed around. Nobody caring about how hard u work because all they care about Is results 😤🎯🧬

[@HattertheThird]

this is gonna be one of those videos that KZbin can’t stop recommending to people on an annual basis

[@HattertheThird]

WELP, HERE I AM AGAIN

[@jedi_ace6655]

I feel bad for mimi. I feel like she's a relatable character.

[@powdereyes2210]

That was less of a birthday and more of a torture day Getting ignored when you need someone’s help, devision of beliefs leading to arguments because you asked both of those people, other people going out of their way to stop you from doing your work, having a limited time to do your work That is all frustrating which almost lead to the loss of her friend

[@uncle_aksel]

Cool short film, it would be great to see new episodes about the same characters. Better yet, see it as a TV series.

[@Splat654]

Also the visual design in this short SLAPS

[@marcfuchs6938]

Fantastic animation quality. Could easily watch a whole movie in this design.

[@Mutrax4706]

"remember: we're a family, and family delivers on time" **barely gives any time at all to deliver something**

[@alligator64]

Omg poor of her! Even in her birthday she couldn't get a little break! 😭

[@crazykidd1306]

This is almost EXACTLY how my job is. The only difference is I'm in manufacturing. Even on my birthday I was running around like Mimi, trying to get everything done. Really says a lot about how those in charge treat their workers.

[@benarmitage4037]

I’ve never heard someone say “good job” in a way that could make my heart just DROP before

[@The_AceEmpress]

This has become one of my favorite short films. Love the idea and the art style

[@brittyuhvaughn]

Did anybody else catch that when the fancy dog lady said "not now I'm busy!" her computer was literally powering up, so like there's no way she was typing anything at that moment 😂 it did the little opening screen sound

[@Patowtow]

This is beautifully designed/animated. Very engaging little snippet of what feels like a much larger world/story. Wish there was more! Well done to the people who worked on this :)

[@milounyo]

Ok but like why is it so sad qwq…Anyways awesome animation and musics, the chara design are damn good too !

[@nataliepetchenik1840]

Hit me in the feels; this is definitely my nightmare as a designer.

[@zodaraph3613]

This is journalism in a nutshell, I can't believe how accurate this is.

[@the_jingo]

Moral of the story: Pipi what do you think?

[@the_artful_rabbit]

Amazing amazing film by such a wonderful team of people, so glad to see people appreciating their efforts💗🌼. It's really witty and poignant and animated so so well!!! 💗

[@rhysuzzell8086]

This should be a show.

[@sophiasnowy6984]

Mimi only got told happy birthday AFTER the card was sent out. What a great friend :/

[@EmeraldCaveKing]

the word startup sound really brought it together 1:50

[@westii_bunzz]

"There are no two words in the English language more harmful than good job." - Terence Fletcher, Whiplash

[@DanielPlok]

This was a really enjoyable watch, loving all the small details sprinkled about the animation! And seeing the phone destroyed at the end shook me a bit, Great!

[@Champitoinwonderland]

Wow, the boss in this animation is just like my thesis supervisor. Never gives useful advice, just says good job, and never looks at the content of the reports we write. The result: we end up getting very harsh criticism from other professors (which might be helpful) but just the same day of the deadline 🙂. Anyway, I loved this video. The animation is awesome.