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Updated Nov 20, 2023

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Found 248 of over 315 reviews
4.1
78% Recommend to a Friend
Pixar Animation Studios President  Jim Morris
97% Approve of CEO

Found 242 of over 315 reviews

4.1
78%
Recommend to a Friend
97%
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Pixar Animation Studios President  Jim Morris
Jim Morris
49 Ratings

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    1. 5.0
      Aug 22, 2023
      Founder
      Current Employee
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      the people and culture are amazing. Movies are so fun to work on

      Cons

      Bureaucracy & politics are a huge con

      1. 4.0
        Nov 20, 2023
        Technical Director
        Former Employee, more than 10 years
        Emeryville, CA
        Recommend
        CEO Approval
        Business Outlook

        Pros

        Good people, okay compensation, prestige

        Cons

        Leadership seems challenged beyond their abilities when it comes to producing feature films (IMHO)

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        1. 4.0
          Oct 1, 2023
          Senior Software Engineer
          Current Employee
          Emeryville, CA
          Recommend
          CEO Approval
          Business Outlook

          Pros

          Great people and good work

          Cons

          Pay is non competitive compared to other Bay Area swe jobs

          1. 4.0
            Aug 2, 2023
            Senior Technical Director
            Current Employee, more than 3 years
            Emeryville, CA
            Recommend
            CEO Approval
            Business Outlook

            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.

            1. 2.0
              Jul 26, 2023
              Coordinator
              Current Employee, more than 3 years
              Emeryville, CA
              Recommend
              CEO Approval
              Business Outlook

              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.

              1. 4.0
                Aug 17, 2023
                Storyboard Artist
                Current Employee
                Emeryville, CA
                Recommend
                CEO Approval
                Business Outlook

                Pros

                The passion for storytelling is strong and inspiring, great people to work with, beautiful facility, good benefits

                Cons

                low pay, culture of fear

                1. 4.0
                  Jul 29, 2023
                  Production Assistant
                  Current Employee
                  Emeryville, CA
                  Recommend
                  CEO Approval
                  Business Outlook

                  Pros

                  Great location with lots of nice people.

                  Cons

                  Salaries could be a little higher.

                  1. 5.0
                    Jul 6, 2023
                    Production Assistant
                    Former Employee, more than 3 years
                    Emeryville, CA
                    Recommend
                    CEO Approval
                    Business Outlook

                    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.

                    1. 4.0
                      Apr 4, 2023
                      Global Technology
                      Former Employee, less than 1 year
                      Emeryville, CA
                      Recommend
                      CEO Approval
                      Business Outlook

                      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.

                      1. 5.0
                        Jul 1, 2023
                        Janitor/Cleaner
                        Former Employee, more than 8 years
                        San Francisco, CA
                        Recommend
                        CEO Approval
                        Business Outlook

                        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.

                      According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Pixar Animation Studios employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Pixar Animation Studios. This rating has decreased by -7% over the last 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.

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                      I had an panel interview(which seems the last interview?) on Nov.21st, sent thank you email, and received response(look forward to our next step) on same day. but have not heard back from them afterwards. I understand that we had Thanksgiving weekend but should I send follow up email? or should I just wait?

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