Does Cinesite pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cinesite employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cinesite. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cinesite?

85% of Cinesite employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cinesite 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cinesite?

Production Coordinator (10) , Lighting Artist (9) , 3D Animator (8) , 3D Artist (8) , Animator (8) , Production Assistant (7) , Artist (5) , Nuke Compositor (5) , CFX Artist (4) , Pipeline Technical Director (4) , Texture Artist (4) , Compositor (3) , FX Technical Director (3) , Lighting Technical Director (3) , Runner (3)

What are the pros of working at Cinesite according to real employee reviews?

"+ the people are great" ((in 38 reviews)); "It was a great team and the job was fun to do!" ((in 30 reviews)); "Great work environment and people" ((in 9 reviews)); "Decent pay and benefits." ((in 9 reviews)); "Great coworkers" ((in 8 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cinesite according to real employee reviews?

"Its a bit of an ask for you to have low pay, ask people to move to montreal, and have remote work." ((in 11 reviews)); "Salary is low." ((in 7 reviews)); "Large egos with certain senior managers." ((in 4 reviews)); "Lack of a proper training" ((in 4 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs and uses of grey zones" ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cinesite layoffs in 2026?

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

Cinesite reviews

3.9

85% would recommend to a friend

(180 total reviews)

Antony Hunt

83% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Senior management

3.5

Compensation and benefits

Cinesite has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 180 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cinesite 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

180 reviews

3.0

Mar 25, 2026

Enjoyable

Lighting technical director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great colleagues, good software development

Cons

Back communication as company grows

2.0

Jan 23, 2026

Good life/work balance for their artists but inefficient organisation and pipeline

Cg supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great People: The coworkers, team leads, and most of supervisors are genuinely easy to work with. - Fully Remote: You have the flexibility of working from home. - Projects with a lot of exposure - Talented Team: The artists produce high-quality work despite some serious internal hurdles.

Cons

- Communication Bloat: Too many departments, domain chairs, and endless emails/meetings make staying on the same page a nightmare. - Rigid Hierarchy: The organization is overly bureaucratic and top-heavy. - Slow Decision-Making: Getting a simple "yes" or "no" involves too many layers of approval. - Outdated Tools: Production tracking software is obsolete, making many task a tedious chore. - Manual Labor: There is a frustrating lack of automation; people are still doing tasks by hand that should be automated. - Broken Pipeline: The workflow is heavy, unstable, and held together by "band-aid" fixes.

4.0

Jan 6, 2026

Really good but could be better

3d artist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent work culture, upper management (leads and production) seems to genuinely care about the well being of their artists. They are very communicative given the state of the industry

Cons

Lack of projects and extensive pay freeze from writer's strike

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Good life/work balance for their artists but inefficient organisation and pipeline

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