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      DreamWorks Animation

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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
      2.0
      Nov 25, 2013

      Looks great on paper, but not worth the hard work, time or effort.

      Production assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are many wonderful artists and coworkers I worked with who were brimming with talent. I made many friends. Events were fun. Lunches were provided, but work hour was unpaid, often work through lunch and beyond. Benefits package is great.

      Cons

      High stress. Big egos. Politics. An unreasonable work load. Constant stress of being laid off with little to no notice. Little to no recognition for hard work. Unfair, unacceptable pay. Doesn't even cover the cost of living. No one will look out for you, it's every man for himself environment, which is a shame considering someone who left the company kindly volunteered this wise advice, but it seemed too harsh to believe. I ended up learning the hard way.

      1.0
      Jul 18, 2011

      best place to rest or to be buried

      3d artist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      free food, free drawing class and sculpture class, a lot of goodies, posters, books based on the in-house movies only, screenings every weeks.

      Cons

      Political place, to get promoted you have to be very "corporate". CG sups need to learn how to manage teams. Tools and pipeline belong to another century, they are outdated ! I work in this industry for more than 15 years, all around the world and professionally speaking, this is the worst place I've ever been... I didn't learn anything, there is no tolerance for you to do your job differently, sups are not open at all to other suggestions. Sups have been working so long in this company that they are afraid of anything new, of anything they don't understand ... Projects are far from being exciting... Working at DWA was for me like pushing buttons, every day and every day, no challenge, slow tools and pipeline; that's the place to go if you want to be out of this industry. DWA don't hesitate to get rid off people as soon as they don't need you anymore, they act like most of all the companies. DWA do not deserve to be in the top 10 of the best place to work. DWA workers are afraid to say anything and to lose their job, and there is no Union in Redwood city.

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