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Updated Jul 4, 2022
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "Free breakfast and lunch and many small perks such as movie screenings and release parties." (in 44 reviews)
- "Low salary compared to competitors in the animation space; lack of training/clear pipeline to improve skills" (in 23 reviews)
- "Frequent layoffs have led to less work available as projects have been cut or canceled." (in 12 reviews)
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This rating reflects the overall rating of DreamWorks Animation and is not affected by filters.
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- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great Benefits Good Pay Great Hours No Crunch Fun Projects Great People
Cons
Honestly, my main issue with DW is already being addressed with projects like Bad Guys. It's nice to see this company push the boundaries of what 3d animation can be.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Loved it here, would go back
Cons
Person managing my career wasn’t great at their job. Was constantly told I was ready for a promotion but was then skipped over
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Free food, fun events, beautiful campus.
Cons
TERRIBLE pay and HR. So corporate, bad leadership in place since selling to Universal.
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
environment coworkers salary location ceo
Cons
stress pressure overworking foreigner careless
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great workplace environment and they really care about you. They provide a ton of perks which some might argue make up for the not-as-competitive salary. Definitely a place you'll enjoy working for and actually GOING to work for
Cons
Salary isn't as competitive as other studios
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
awsome cool love fun joyful
Cons
sad sad sad sad cool
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
This Job has a lot of perks and is a great opportunity.
Cons
It requires a lot of commitment.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good people, beautiful campus, fun events
Cons
Very hard to move up and get a promotion
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
401k plan is great. especially the employer match
Cons
Depends on which dept you are working for
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Fantastic work-life balance, beautiful campus, provided breakfast and lunch, a lot of employee perks such as screenings or previews in future projects, drawing sessions, there's a lot! Honestly, the best studio when it comes to benefits and perks. Happy to be a DreamWorker.
Cons
Not as competitive when it comes to salary, probably the only con to be honest that I've encountered.
DreamWorks Animation Reviews FAQs
DreamWorks Animation has an overall rating of 4.2 out of 5, based on over 629 reviews left anonymously by employees. 94% of employees would recommend working at DreamWorks Animation to a friend and 67% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
94% of DreamWorks Animation employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated DreamWorks Animation 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at DreamWorks Animation to be culture, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, management, career development.
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