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The people, the free breakfast and lunch, the various activities they put on throughout the year, feels like a home like you arent even going to work (in 65 reviews)
Free Food and great people on campus (in 64 reviews)
Cons
Low pay especially for entry level positions (in 15 reviews)
Lots of layers for upper management (in 12 reviews)
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"Character FX Trainee"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at DreamWorks Animation full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Challenging artistic environment, great people and culture
Cons
I didn't experience any cons during my time there
DreamWorks Animation 2018-03-20 13:39 PDT![DreamWorks Animation Logo]()
"Layout Artist"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at DreamWorks Animation full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Great culture, good projects.
Cons
Sometimes creative direction is uncertain.
Advice to Management
Focus on good stories.
DreamWorks Animation 2018-03-16 17:43 PDT![DreamWorks Animation Logo]()
"Great in the beginning"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at DreamWorks Animation full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Nice people, free food and great community perks.
Cons
Politics as the company grew their Consumer Product division.
Advice to Management
Upper management is out-of-touch with the business activities. Hopefully the company is better now that they laid off the majority of senior management with the NBCU acquisition.
DreamWorks Animation 2018-02-28 11:34 PST![DreamWorks Animation Logo]()
"Culture - Pre acquisition"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at DreamWorks Animation full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
The Free Food was a great asset
Cons
Intense Culture Pre acquisition based on unrealistic goals
Advice to Management
Do not micro manage
DreamWorks Animation 2018-02-28 13:36 PST![DreamWorks Animation Logo]()
"Dreamworks"
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I have been working at DreamWorks Animation full-time
Pros
The coworkers are great, beautiful campus, delicious free food.
Cons
It can be difficult to get promoted.
DreamWorks Animation 2018-02-27 21:02 PST![DreamWorks Animation Logo]()
"Great People, Tons of Knowledge"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at DreamWorks Animation full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
There was something good in the air during my time at DreamWorks. The people were universally wonderful, full of amazing knowledge and creativity.
Cons
The pay was a little bit low from the start and definitely did not keep pace with the rising salaries of the Bay Area.
Advice to Management
The new focus on fewer but more solid films was a good decision that took too long to make. People felt downtrodden about the middling box office results that didn't match the effort people put in to the films.
DreamWorks Animation 2018-02-20 10:45 PST![DreamWorks Animation Logo]()
"Great Company To Work For Before They Sold"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at DreamWorks Animation full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Lots of perks like free breakfast/lunch, great people to work with
Cons
No cons that I can think of. Really enjoyed my time there.
DreamWorks Animation 2018-02-03 23:41 PSTHelpful (2)
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"Things aren't looking up since the Comcast purchase"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at DreamWorks Animation full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
A nice campus, some really talented co-workers, free food, nice work life balance.
Cons
Pay and advancement opportunities were never good but have completely stagnated since the Comcast acquisition. There is almost zero information coming out about what is planned next with the exception of the next three years of sequels. The production pipeline and tools are very old and require an army of technical people to keep it running, not conducive to new tighter show budgets.
The TV division is leading the charge and film has taken a back seat. Large layoffs last year followed by top talent leaving in droves this year. I'm not sure what is next for DreamWorks Animation but it certainly feels like it's in decline.Advice to Management
Find a way to keep top talent. Your teetering on the edge of collapse if you loose a few more key people and I don't think you realize it.
DreamWorks Animation 2018-02-12 06:49 PST![DreamWorks Animation Logo]()
"Great Place To Work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at DreamWorks Animation full-time
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Fun work environment
Great coworkers
Free food
Amazing contentCons
Budget cuts
Slightly less than ideal payDreamWorks Animation 2018-01-30 10:09 PSTHelpful (2)
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"In decline."
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Negative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at DreamWorks Animation full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Lot of talent, great culture but that seems to be shifting.
Cons
More politics than there used to be. Lack of meritocracy, growth or financial incentive for long time artists is causing us to hemorrhage talent to newer film and game companies.
Advice to Management
Promote experienced staff if they are worth keeping
DreamWorks Animation 2018-01-27 00:15 PST
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