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DreamWorks Animation

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DreamWorks Animation reviews

4.3

85% would recommend to a friend

(641 total reviews)

Margie Cohn

80% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

DreamWorks Animation has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 641 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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641 reviews
5.0
May 3, 2014

Great place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of interesting technical problems to solve. Relaxed approach, very little in the way of pressure or deadlines. You get to see your software used by amazing artists to make movies ... with your name in the credits :) Incredible sports & fitness facilities at Redwood City campus. Great art classes ... painting, improv, stop motion, sculpture ... you name it. CEO Katzenberg is incredibly open and emails everyone summaries of what he's been up to every day or two.

Cons

Surprising amount of bureaucracy/corporate culture for such a creative place. Having software teams answerable to movie executives with no understanding of software development can get silly at times and leads to engineering managers spending too much time keeping the people above them happy. Overly complex software environment means it takes quite a while to learn the ropes as a new person.

3.0
Apr 15, 2014

Amazing people

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
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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