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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
      5.0
      Jul 3, 2015

      Great People!

      Character effects artist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I worked here for many years and the studio is filled with fun, super smart people. There are a lot of little perks like on-site dining that really add up to a great experience.

      Cons

      It is very difficult to gain any upwards movement. Supervisors typically stay at the studio for long periods of time, making it difficult to ever receive more responsibilities as an employee.

      4.0
      Apr 13, 2015

      Great while it lasted

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great company to work at. Worked with some of the most wonderful and creative people ever. Great perks. Unfortunately, the movies didn't do great and they had to downsize many divisions.

      Cons

      Too much top management. Consumer products division grew too quickly and movies were not kept on the slate.

      3.0
      Mar 3, 2015

      Uncertain future ahead.

      Production supervisor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great tight knit group of highly creative and technical people. Everyone works very hard to create the best films possible. PDI location had a feeling of family and everyone supported one another. Production management was given frequent training to develop career growth and not just treated as a job.

      Cons

      With the recent leadership change, hard to know where the company is headed. They need to transform from a producer driven studio to a director driven studio to take the creative risks but know their audience. Dreamworks needs to appreciate the production management more, but the trend seems to be adding more a more multiple departments onto one supervisor. Change in software is very slow with a tendency to maintain outdated proprietary software rather than put the investment in more off the shelf applications.

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