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      DreamWorks Animation

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      DreamWorks Animation reviews

      4.3

      85% would recommend to a friend

      (641 total reviews)

      Margie Cohn

      80% approve of CEO

      73% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Senior management

      DreamWorks Animation has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 641 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The DreamWorks Animation employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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      641 reviews
      4.0
      Aug 20, 2009

      The grass is always greener

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's a great place to work in general. The management and company in general do seem to have a genuine desire to create a great place to work. Nice campus, free food, activities, perks. Union provides all benefits eg. health etc. which are generally regarded as being very good

      Cons

      The grass is always greener. Every company has it's issues and Dreamworks has it's fair share of politics, favouritism, short sightedness etc. I wouldn't say its any worse than anywhere else. Generally it feels a bit like a retirement home which is not necessarily a bad thing. Things change very slowly, life moves quite slowly but mostly that is part of the feature animation world.

      4.0
      Jul 21, 2009

      Nice place to work

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I have been working here for last 3 years and it is a nice place to work. You are surrounded by creative minds and the work environment is very nice. They have very good perks like free breakfast and lunch, free caltrain pass etc.

      Cons

      It is very much production driven environment. Most of the developer time is spent on maitaining the existing code than developing new software.

      4.0
      Jun 2, 2009

      Great place to work with great perks!

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Everyone worked really hard over very long hours and kept a level head about what they were doing. Company celebrated successes, moreso in So Cal put to be expected given that was the corporate office.

      Cons

      Management was a little chaotic at times but the focus was what ended up on the screen. Budgets and horse trading of talent was tough. People are on employment contracts for the most part which has it's pros and cons.

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