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 40 reviews)); "Great culture, very family" ((in 7 reviews)); "Awesome work environment." ((in 6 reviews)); "Benefits were great." ((in 6 reviews)); "Great environment, people, and projects." ((in 6 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 4 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.

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Blue Sky Studios reviews

4.2

79% would recommend to a friend

(160 total reviews)

28% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

160 reviews

4.0

Feb 6, 2014

Great place to work

Senior technical director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great people, challenging projects, lots of opportunities. this is the place to be if you want to be in animation. company cares about their employees and tries to give opportunities whenever possible. culture makes it easy to communicate with senior management.

Cons

can be tough to commute to. only animation studio on the east coast.

3.0

Feb 3, 2014

Good place to work as character animator.

Animator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The studio is located in a beautiful natural spot. Overall environment at work is good. Animation Department is great: telented, creative, fun...

Cons

Movies are technically spectacular and beautifully animated, but direction, script and cinematohraphy are low quality. Poor HR dept.

4.0

Jan 17, 2014

Great Place To Work!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very collaborative, creative and technical environment! I enjoy coming to work each day to tackle new challenges.

Cons

Most people have at least a 45 minute commute to come into work (myself included).

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