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Updated Nov 20, 2023
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- "Leadership seems challenged beyond their abilities when it comes to producing feature films (IMHO)" (in 5 reviews)
Ratings by Demographics
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- 5.0Aug 22, 2023FounderCurrent Employee
Pros
the people and culture are amazing. Movies are so fun to work on
Cons
Bureaucracy & politics are a huge con
- 4.0Nov 20, 2023Technical DirectorFormer Employee, more than 10 yearsEmeryville, CA
Pros
Good people, okay compensation, prestige
Cons
Leadership seems challenged beyond their abilities when it comes to producing feature films (IMHO)
- 4.0Oct 1, 2023Senior Software EngineerCurrent EmployeeEmeryville, CA
Pros
Great people and good work
Cons
Pay is non competitive compared to other Bay Area swe jobs
- 4.0Aug 2, 2023Senior Technical DirectorCurrent Employee, more than 3 yearsEmeryville, CA
Pros
Beautiful campus with many talented artists
Cons
story/scripts are lacking and all the re-writes and failures massively impact morale. I hear on the daily everyone talking about the "good days" yet no one makes changes.
- 2.0Jul 26, 2023CoordinatorCurrent Employee, more than 3 yearsEmeryville, CA
Pros
Great health benefits and perks (parties, bonuses, Disneyland tickets). Genuinely a fun office with flexible work life balance. The food is awesome.
Cons
Uninspiring movies, no career growth, and low pay. There's also major issues with managers and declining diversity. HR is useless and does not care about employees. They only care about what's best for the business and side with managers even if they are clearly wrong. There is barely any support for POC and they got rid of our Diversity team and the one VP of color that is actually helpful.
- 4.0Aug 17, 2023Storyboard ArtistCurrent EmployeeEmeryville, CA
Pros
The passion for storytelling is strong and inspiring, great people to work with, beautiful facility, good benefits
Cons
low pay, culture of fear
- 4.0Jul 29, 2023Production AssistantCurrent EmployeeEmeryville, CA
Pros
Great location with lots of nice people.
Cons
Salaries could be a little higher.
- 5.0Jul 6, 2023Production AssistantFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsEmeryville, CA
Pros
I had an incredible experience, and an opportunity to work with some of the most creative people in animation.
Cons
No con to report here.
- 4.0Apr 4, 2023Global TechnologyFormer Employee, less than 1 yearEmeryville, CA
Pros
Loved the people, the culture, the events, and participating in a lot of the entire filmmaking process
Cons
The pay isn't great for an engineer. the "fame" of being on the credits of a film should make you feel ok with this but didn't fully for me.
- 5.0Jul 1, 2023Janitor/CleanerFormer Employee, more than 8 yearsSan Francisco, CA
Pros
They are very generous at salary and work.
Cons
Nothing at all, they are the best in the business
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Pixar Animation Studios has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 315 reviews left anonymously by employees. 78% of employees would recommend working at Pixar Animation Studios to a friend and 62% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
78% of Pixar Animation Studios employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Pixar Animation Studios 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Pixar Animation Studios to be career development, culture, benefits and the cons to be work life balance, senior leadership, management.
