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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
      4.0
      Feb 27, 2025

      good people - good projects - high stress

      3d modeler-artist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      the people and teams are very good and help make it a good pace to work- the talent is amazing and the projects are great. the campus is a nice place to work, they do feed you lunch and do give amazing swag - art books and amazing crew gift sculptures for many of the projects being worked on.

      Cons

      however, allot of work on most DWA projects are being worked on by companies in other countries. job security for many employees is not the best - in the past few years the demand for faster, cheaper, high quality work with the uncertainty of your next project looming over the horizon can make it a stressful place to work,

      3.0
      May 1, 2024

      A Great Place to End Your Tech Career At

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * Catered breakfast and lunch. * Beautiful manicured campus. * Artistic environment like working in an art gallery.

      Cons

      * Very few opportunities for advancement. * Nepotism trumps merit; the most successful people are not rewarded while the friends of managers are given multiple chances to fail and promoted regardless. * Outdated software development tools and practices outside of the CGI domain; they'll recruit experts for rendering, simulation and special effects but trust film majors with architecting a production pipeline.

      4.0
      Jul 24, 2023

      Great company to work for if innovation isn't your highest priority.

      Senior technical artist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Stable position for the most part. Layoffs are rare. Not uncommon for people to stay there for 10+ years. Great culture, very nice collaborative artists and production.

      Cons

      Low pay compared to competitors. Lack of opportunity to advance very few leads/supes ever leave or quit. Company works with old proprietary software that is difficult to learn and harder to work with.

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