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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
      4.0
      Aug 21, 2009

      Great Job, but low Pay

      Production assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work environment is incredible, helping in creative projects is very exciting, the people are so much fun to work with, it is by far the best place I have ever worked.

      Cons

      As great of a company as this is, there compensation on the production level is disheartening - My second part-time job pays as much hourly as DreamWorks Animation. The perks are great, but they aren't something I can pay my student loans with.

      4.0
      Aug 20, 2009

      The grass is always greener

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's a great place to work in general. The management and company in general do seem to have a genuine desire to create a great place to work. Nice campus, free food, activities, perks. Union provides all benefits eg. health etc. which are generally regarded as being very good

      Cons

      The grass is always greener. Every company has it's issues and Dreamworks has it's fair share of politics, favouritism, short sightedness etc. I wouldn't say its any worse than anywhere else. Generally it feels a bit like a retirement home which is not necessarily a bad thing. Things change very slowly, life moves quite slowly but mostly that is part of the feature animation world.

      4.0
      Jul 21, 2009

      Nice place to work

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I have been working here for last 3 years and it is a nice place to work. You are surrounded by creative minds and the work environment is very nice. They have very good perks like free breakfast and lunch, free caltrain pass etc.

      Cons

      It is very much production driven environment. Most of the developer time is spent on maitaining the existing code than developing new software.

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