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DreamWorks Animation reviews

4.2

82% would recommend to a friend

(119 total reviews)

Margie Cohn

78% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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5.0
Aug 3, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work life balance, really nice people, free food (for now)

Cons

NBC took over and is slowly taking away benifits, compensation on the lower side

4.0
Jul 27, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They have a great work life balance and make a lot of effort to make people feel supported

Cons

Lower wages than industry, but offset by the stability

3.0
Apr 13, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Free food (but the food sucks after a year) - The people are great - Nice campus! - You learn a lot under tight deadlines. - They try to keep you on for another project. - Cool events.

Cons

- Very low pay compared to other studios. They tend to hire new people so they can pay them less. - I've seen many of my friends taken advantage of and asked to do tasks above their paygrade/position, but not get the promotion/pay bump. - Poor upper management planning and tendency to give irrelevant notes. None of the execs have creative backgrounds and it does ruin the show. - No risk taking - shows come out pretty... bad. - Not enough development/smart planning time to make a show successful. - It's a constant repetitive grind with inflexible deadlines. - Budgets are very tight.

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