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      DreamWorks Animation

      Part of NBCUniversal

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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

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Senior management

      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
      5.0
      Mar 30, 2015

      Amazing company, people and product.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Business run by passionate people, who care about people and product. Unique amongst Hollywood studios, and should be embraced more.

      Cons

      Not enough financial controls makes the business vulnerable. Too many Disney people now trying to change it. DreamWorks has lost sight of what makes it different and special.

      2.0
      Mar 26, 2015

      Their next movie should be called "Titanic 2" - this is a sinking ship

      Production supervisor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Cream-of-the-crop talent and production staff. Casual, family atmosphere. Free breakfast and lunch. Free gym membership. Medical, dental, vision, 401k matching.

      Cons

      CEO, JK, is running this company into the ground. Despite the highly talented crew, poor creative and business decisions made from the executive level have affected the people on the floor, leading to the Nor Cal studio (PDI) closure and the mass layoffs of almost 1000 employees in the last 3 years. Work-life balance is getting worse with the outsourcing to India.

      3.0
      Mar 10, 2015

      Slow decline of morale.

      Executive assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great views, awesome co-workers, creative environment and free food!

      Cons

      The senior management can be overly ambitious - which has been the root cause of a lot of the problems at the studio over the past few years. Expectations (for individual projects and for the studio as a whole) are not always realistic. Also, many projects would benefits from more extensive development (green lit too soon). Also, in terms of salary, they are very much on the low end (in production management and admin roles) compared to other studios and competitors. They are also very stingy on raises (unless you are an artist).

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