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DreamWorks Animation reviews

4.3

85% would recommend to a friend

(641 total reviews)

Margie Cohn

80% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

DreamWorks Animation has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 641 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The DreamWorks Animation employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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641 reviews
2.0
Jan 26, 2016

Dream Over Worked

Recommend
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Pros

The food is pretty good, though I've had friends find bugs in the salad. There are a lot of wonderful people that work here. There are some occasional nice perks like parties, free art books or dvds when their movies come out.

Cons

First of all they are terrible with the pay. I don't care how much free food you throw in my face, most of the PAs can barely afford to live. In fact it's very easy to track that they've been low balling every single new hire (even outside of production). There's some incredibly toxic personalities on the TV side. A show run by people that are constantly lying to their teams. The artists and production people cannot bring issues up to HR or upper management without being burnt for it by their immediate supervisors. People that want off said team can't even move because their supervisors block them from promotions onto other shows. These are incredibly wonderful & talented employees that hate their jobs because there's absolutely no respect given by their bosses, even if they try to bring up the issues. There are other teams here that have WONDERFUL management. I hope the higher ups finally notice this specific show is falling apart due to terrible management hidden by promises of parties & hookey days. Shows have also been told to drop their quality to save money, with the ideal in mind that eventually all the jobs will go overseas. All this leaves is low morale & burnt out talent. The Feature side is alright, a lot of people leaving because they're tired of what they're working on. The company is so scared of taking risks, they suck any fun out of it, and produce a lot of bland work. (Not to the fault of the artists, they are working hard!). I think a lot of people are concerned for the future though. PDI was shut down, but by the end of the year it was like everyone forgot about that. I'm worried another feature failure could cripple the company once and for all. Jeffrey is alright as a CEO, but gets pretty cocky and gloats about his run ins with celebrities during studio updates. In the past I've admired his work, but now it's clearly all business to him.

5.0
Jan 24, 2016

Dreamworks Animation is a happy place

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great environment and great people. Dreamworks Animation is a happy place to work and I really enjoy being there. It feels like a small company and everyone is friendly and happy to help each other out.

Cons

Sometimes communications between departments can break down a bit and it takes a while to learn the lay of the land.

5.0
Jan 23, 2016

Best Place For an Internship

Recommend
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Pros

Short Summary: Great staff. Lots of learning opportunities. Amazing food. Long Summary: As an intern, DreamWork was one of the best places I could have possibly gone to. The staff that I worked with did everything in their power to ensure that I came out of the internship more experienced and knowledgeable about the industry than I was going into it. There were also multiple Q&A sessions just for the interns throughout the Summer with DreamWorks' leadership (including Jeffrey Katzenberg). My supervisors, who I worked with daily, made sure that my assigned tasks were meaningful, and not just "busy work." This isn't your average "run and get coffee and make lots of photocopies" internship. It's a lot more than that. Oh ya, and the free breakfast and lunch everyday with restaurant-quality food isn't bad either. If you're thinking of applying here, do it! It will be well-worth your time and effort.

Cons

Nothing, I really enjoyed my time here. Because Glassdoor requires me to write 20 words, I'm just writing words to fill in space.

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