Pixar Animation Studios Reviews
Updated May 22, 2019
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Ed Catmull
98 Ratings
Pros
"Very cool atmosphere, great people, fun" (in 22 reviews)
"Collaborative work environment, Highly skilled co-workers, Work on inspiring content, Great benefits" (in 12 reviews)
Cons
"Too expensive to live in the Bay Area" (in 13 reviews)
"Long hours, low pay, and stressful at times" (in 12 reviews)
"i am a 3d artist"
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I have been working at Pixar Animation Studios full-time
Pros
because i think that animation is my passion
Cons
i am new but i have some abilities to make creative
Pixar Animation Studios2016-07-31"Awesome"
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Pros
Production house is quite good
Cons
Good studio challenge hard work
Advice to Management
I would like to know about it
Pixar Animation Studios2018-06-30"Review"
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I have been working at Pixar Animation Studios
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good place to work, awesome team
Cons
nothing bad trust me you will enjoy
Advice to Management
nothing
Pixar Animation Studios2015-11-24"Great People, Still Some Culture Work to be Done"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Pixar Animation Studios full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Amazing people and talent. Getting to work here was a dream come true. Lots of fun to be had and nice benefits and campus perks and Disney perks. The culture here is priceless.
Cons
All companies have good/bad parts of the culture. I’d say Pixar is working to address their issues but has a long road ahead to fix them. Some teams seem to have more toxic work environments than others. The pay is also shockingly low for the Bay Area and for a successful studio. The attitude seems to be that they can get away with it because the demand for jobs at Pixar is high.
Advice to Management
Confront hard truths with the “problem employees” if you really want to take a positive shift in your work culture. And compensate your people better. They work hard for you and in this Bay Area job market the salaries offered just don’t always match up. So many need roommates or spouses to just get by.
Pixar Animation Studios2019-05-23"Full production services"
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Pros
Genuinely interested in creating beautiful representation of every subject
Cons
The company is often overwhelmed with projects and it can be hard to use the resources of each collaborator.
Advice to Management
keep up the work
Pixar Animation Studios2019-04-10"Fun and creative Pixar"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Pixar Animation Studios full-time for more than 8 years
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Great most creative crew here.
Cons
No cons I can think of
Pixar Animation Studios2019-03-30"Great Movies, Great Perks"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Pixar Animation Studios full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Get to bring great movies to audiences. Great benefits package. Great co-workers. Many people still believe in the ideals that led to Pixar's success.
Cons
Entrenched leadership, and too much of it. Has gotten increasingly corporate. Too many managers and technical leadership is turning into managers as well. Inability to distinguish mediocre from exceptional employees.
Advice to Management
Company is top heavy. Way too much middle management as well. Cut the fat.
Pixar Animation Studios2019-03-24"Great benefits"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Pixar Animation Studios full-time for more than a year
Pros
Wonderful creative environment, great people.
Cons
Only baseline pay, challenging path to advancement
Pixar Animation Studios2019-02-18"Enlightening"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Pixar Animation Studios part-time for more than a year
Pros
Pixar is more diverse than I expected. Employees ( writer, producers,VIP) are treated great Fun place to work
Cons
Because it is so fun to work there the pay isn’t very good. In the security department there is definitely a boys club. Can be very unorganized. If you speak about things that are unfair you maybe be let go. If someone has been working with the company over 10 years they are treated like royalty and they can do no wrong.
Advice to Management
Pay attention to everyone’s voice. Just because employees have been there over 10 years does it make what they say right.
Pixar Animation Studios2019-02-21- Helpful (2)
"I feel grateful for my time at Pixar"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Pixar Animation Studios full-time for more than 10 years
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The best job I ever had. Amazing work, even better co-workers. Memories to last a lifetime.
Cons
Pay for the bay area, especially for those that missed the stock years, is hard to make a future with. There isn't much chance of owning a home on a Pixar salary no matter who you are. Upward mobility is insanely difficult since very few leave.
Advice to Management
Figure out a way to help people have a future to provide and have stability for their family.
Pixar Animation Studios2019-01-17
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