Does Blue Sky Studios pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Blue Sky Studios employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Blue Sky Studios. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Blue Sky Studios?

79% of Blue Sky Studios employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Blue Sky Studios 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Blue Sky Studios?

Animator (16) , Technical Director (8) , Production Coordinator (5) , Production Supervisor (4) , Senior Technical Director (4) , Artist (3) , Character Artist (3) , Lighting Technical Director (3) , 3D Artist (2) , 3D Modeler-artist (2) , Animation (2) , Character Technical Director (2) , Environment Artist (2) , FX Artist (2) , Internship (2)

What are the pros of working at Blue Sky Studios according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and proud to call them my family." ((in 37 reviews)); "Great culture, very family" ((in 8 reviews)); "Great work environment." ((in 7 reviews)); "Benefits were great." ((in 7 reviews)); "Everyone is friendly and helpful." ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Blue Sky Studios according to real employee reviews?

"Second set of “new management” didn’t make enough of the hard changes to remove toxic forces." ((in 7 reviews)); "Leadership is congested with 50" ((in 6 reviews)); "Low Pay" ((in 5 reviews)); "Wish there were more opportunities for staff positions" ((in 3 reviews)); "Upper management does not want to hear about leadership incompetence." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Blue Sky Studios layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Blue Sky Studios layoffs and their outlook for job security at Blue Sky Studios in 2026.

Blue Sky Studios reviews

4.2

79% would recommend to a friend

(160 total reviews)

28% positive business outlook

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Blue Sky Studios has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 160 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Blue Sky Studios employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Audiovisual y medios de comunicación industry (3.7 stars).

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160 reviews

3.0

Aug 31, 2016

Great crew. Decent production management. Fear-based executive decision-making.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Lots of supportive senior talent and supervisors. Lovely location outside NYC. Most roles are full-time staff (job security in film production is so rare).

Cons

Blue Sky management has very little autonomy (not that they'd do much with it if they had it). Politics and "sudden emergencies" from the Fox lot in LA are frequent and usually pointless.

3.0

Jun 22, 2016

OK Place to Work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

The people and talent; casual atmosphere

Cons

A lot of sequels brings down morale on the teams; feels like we lose a company perk with each film. Communication between departments is not the best.

4.0

Jun 22, 2016

Great Studio!

Character technical director

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- Lots of room for your input. - If you work hard and have good ideas, you can go really far here. - Great team. - Depending on your dept, the hours are excellent with very low overtime.

Cons

- Little bit smaller than a usual BIG studio, so there are organizational problems that go along with that. - Pay is on the low side. - Supervisors/Production staff can be frustrating. - The FOX factor : movie stories will always be super silly.

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