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      DreamWorks Animation

      Part of NBCUniversal

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      DreamWorks Animation reviews

      4.3

      85% would recommend to a friend

      (642 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 642 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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      642 reviews
      1.0
      Apr 19, 2014

      Worst Management Ever.

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Picturesque campus, free lunch food

      Cons

      Terrible management. The engineers in the software group were asked to apply for new internal software projects, but they failed to deliver engaging projects. Instead, many of the employable engineers applied for jobs at other companies (like Google) and left. Too many senior engineers, tech leads, and principle engineers left the company in the last few years. Good management would fight to keep the best engineers and have the guts to layoff the "lifers"; the opposite is happening at Dreamworks.

      3.0
      Apr 15, 2014

      Amazing people

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Family atmosphere, training opportunities, moving screenings and free food

      Cons

      Can be very political, hard to move up the ladder

      4.0
      Apr 10, 2014

      Great place to work.

      Production manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You get to work with some of the top talent in animation who are very smart and creative. Great work environment. Good training for artists as well as production staff. They have many projects going so there is usually more job security than at studios that are project based.

      Cons

      Advancement can be slow particularly in production management. They tend to keep people at the same job title for long periods of time. Unless you are a rising star and have a mentor that is pushing for you.

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