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    Walt Disney Imagineering Reviews

    Updated May 22, 2018
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    • "Takes a certain criteria to become full time Disney" (in 8 reviews)

    • "Expected long hours w/out overtime" (in 6 reviews)

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    1. "iOS Development"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Glendale, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Glendale, CA

      I have been working at Walt Disney Imagineering full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      An amazing creative environment to develop cutting-edge mobile apps.

      Cons

      None, it's Disney.

    2. "Assoc project manager"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Walt Disney Imagineering full-time

      Pros

      Fun place to work
      Motivating projects

      Cons

      Poor senior leadership
      Lack of career growth opportunities

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    3. "Creative Engineering at Its Best"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Walt Disney Imagineering full-time

      Pros

      Great work environment, some of the most creative engineering minds I've ever had the pleasure to work with, ride system inventions keep the work fresh. Creative problem solving.

      Cons

      Quite a bit of travel and relocation

    4. "Exec."

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Walt Disney Imagineering full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Amazing Product
      Great people
      Good Benefits
      Great Brand

      Cons

      None that I'm willing to disclose

    5. Helpful (3)

      ""We used to make the Magic""

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      Former Employee - Senior Designer in Glendale, CA
      Former Employee - Senior Designer in Glendale, CA
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Walt Disney Imagineering full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      A very creative campus with some exciting projects to work on.

      Cons

      Devastating layoffs can take place when large projects come to a close. Too many layers of management and bureaucracy cause obstruction between creative thinkers and creative artists. Financial objectives now have extremely high priority over the creative and artistic process. Before corporate changeover, Imagineering was an outstanding place to work.

      Advice to Management

      You can't deliver the same for less.

    6. "Principal Systems Designer"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
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      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Walt Disney Imagineering full-time

      Pros

      Challenges and satisfactions of the projects

      Cons

      Having Corporate management try to show us how to do something

    7. "Great Company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Walt Disney Imagineering full-time

      Pros

      Great perks for interns and relatively well paid.

      Cons

      1 year maximum and no guaranteed future afterwards.

    8. Helpful (1)

      "Applied Scientist"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Great environment and atmosphere. People are fun to work with

      Cons

      Not many cons I can think of

    9. Helpful (4)

      "Dream job leaves bad taste in mouth"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Glendale, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Glendale, CA

      I have been working at Walt Disney Imagineering full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great benefits if your a Project Hire. Amazing to work with brilliant and creative people on cool projects.

      Cons

      Bad behavior goes unchecked by management and the politics is just as bad.

      Advice to Management

      Mentorship is important, don't treat contractors like 3rd class citizens, management needs to stop protecting abusive employees.

    10. "Not Quite Magic Behind the Scenes"

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      Current Employee - R&D Imagineer in Glendale, CA
      Current Employee - R&D Imagineer in Glendale, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Walt Disney Imagineering full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good variety of projects, innovative culture. There are some genuinely brilliant minds and creative wizardry but it comes at heavy cost.

      Cons

      Limited project resources on site - much of the time is wasted dealing with outside vendors and legal wrangling rather than focusing on doing actual work in house.

      Such a large corporate machine makes it impossible to be nimble and dynamic, reacting fast to situations doesn't happen. It can take two months to get a 30day trial software approved for testing, in which time circumstances have likely changed.

      No overtime pay or catered meals when working late. Zero IT or system engineering support. Burnout everywhere.

      Advice to Management

      Rethink the entire senior management strategy, show your employees they are valued and help them reach their potential.

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