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Margie Cohn
19 Ratings
Pros
"Good pay, free breakfast and lunch, great bonuses, and flexible hours" (in 69 reviews)
"Free food (but the food sucks after a year)" (in 68 reviews)
Cons
"Not much other than semi-low pay" (in 17 reviews)
"Poor upper management planning and tendency to give irrelevant notes" (in 14 reviews)
"Great Place to Work"
I worked at DreamWorks Animation full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Free Lunch Beautiful Campus People are awesome
Cons
Not a lot here. Some projects are more desirable than others.
DreamWorks Animation2019-11-21"Character Animator for Feature Film"
RecommendsI have been working at DreamWorks Animation full-time for more than a year
Pros
Great place to work. Free food isn't bad either!
Cons
Deadlines seem to get tighter and tighter for each show.
DreamWorks Animation2020-05-24"Toxic Social Culture"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at DreamWorks Animation full-time for more than a year
Pros
Nice campus Good benefits More stability vs most other studios...for now
Cons
Rampant favoritism. Certain people are the 'golden employees'. Everything they do is considered to be perfect, while everything you do will be questioned. Toxic coworkers - people here can be hostile and childish. They gossip, and make new employees like me feel very unwelcome. It's a bubble - Dreamworks only values experience within the company, and seems to view outside experience as irrelevant. As someone with 7 years industry experience, I'm viewed as less competent that someone with 1 year experience because they've been with the company longer. Subpar pay - LA is extremely expensive. The salary is good by most standards, but isn't remotely close to justifying the exorbitant cost of living, where the average price for a home near Glendale is $800k. Additionally, you have to pay to join the guild to work there, which is a financial burden. The benefits you get with the guild are no different from any other reputable company -health insurance, 401k, etc. But at other companies you don't have to pay thousands of dollars in union dues to access those benefits.
Continue readingDreamWorks Animation2020-05-01- Helpful (2)
"DWTV - You realize how bad the company is once you leave"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at DreamWorks Animation full-time for more than a year
Pros
- Free food (but the food sucks after a year) - The people are great - Nice campus! - You learn a lot under tight deadlines. - They try to keep you on for another project. - Cool events.
Cons
- Very low pay compared to other studios. They tend to hire new people so they can pay them less. - I've seen many of my friends taken advantage of and asked to do tasks above their paygrade/position, but not get the promotion/pay bump. - Poor upper management planning and tendency to give irrelevant notes. None of the execs have creative backgrounds and it does ruin the show. - No risk taking - shows come out pretty... bad. - Not enough development/smart planning time to make a show successful. - It's a constant repetitive grind with inflexible deadlines. - Budgets are very tight.
DreamWorks Animation2020-04-14 - Helpful (1)
"3D Modeler"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at DreamWorks Animation full-time for more than a year
Pros
The collaborative culture of the modeling department here is really amazing and creates a joyful and nurturing work environment. The talent of the team is also world class. DreamWorks studio culture overall is phenomenal and unparalleled. Artistic development and training programs are much appreciated. Work/life balance is fantastic.
Cons
Limited upward mobility. Studio perks seem to be trending downwards under NBCU leadership
Continue readingDreamWorks Animation2020-02-20 - Helpful (1)
"Best Part Is The People"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at DreamWorks Animation full-time for more than a year
Pros
- People are all amiable to work with. - Good work life balance - Good day to day work
Cons
- Company's brand name is not as strong as it used to be. - Path for career advancement can be vague
DreamWorks Animation2020-02-10 "Perfect"
I have been working at DreamWorks Animation full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Pay good money and you get free lunch
Cons
Not to many 2d animations I would like to work on
Continue readingDreamWorks Animation2020-02-03- Helpful (1)
"3D Modeler"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at DreamWorks Animation full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Some cool project, free lunch, Some nice people, talented co workers.
Cons
Back stabbers, favoritism, racist, abusive culture, free lunch is good but sometimes you feel like your in jail. long work hours, bad communication.
Continue readingDreamWorks Animation2020-02-11 "A very good place to learn new technologies"
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at DreamWorks Animation full-time
Pros
I have had the best years of my career at Dreamworks Animation. The pay package was good, We have had good management which took care of employees
Cons
Nothing I could think of about job or management
Continue readingDreamWorks Animation2020-01-09"Retire here"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at DreamWorks Animation full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
The campus is beautiful. No long hours and very low stress.
Cons
There's no clear vision or development goals. Bureaucracy leads to stagnation and apathy.
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