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 28 reviews)); "Great coworkers" ((in 8 reviews)); "Great work environment and people" ((in 8 reviews)); "Decent pay and benefits." ((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 10 reviews)); "Salary is low." ((in 8 reviews)); "Large egos with certain senior managers." ((in 4 reviews)); "Lack of a proper training" ((in 3 reviews)); "It's hard to feel valued in the company, and upper management does not encourage internal learning or growth" ((in 3 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

Apr 7, 2024

Storyboard Artist

Storyboard artist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good pay, great staff, very well treated and looked after.

Cons

Top-heavy management, storyboard process was overly complicated and backwards (Photoshop + Flix at the time).

2.0

Jun 16, 2023

Good human artist team but lack of humanity in HR

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

My team was awesome. They are very supportive, listening, and eager to help. Good to work in this kind of environment when you start in the industry.

Cons

Well, due to writers strike, HR took some weird decisions, and decided to not be clear with employees. They act like others studios, you are just a number for them. They said they won't extend anybody in a general call, and at the end, in my team, I am the only one who is gonna be fired. The others got extension with templayoff. When you ask them why, there is no clear answer from HR. Right now, I hate this company for their decisions, who just killed artists who were eagers to learn and grow. You ruin life of people with this kind of decisions. Will you putting HR in templayoff too maybe?

1.0

Dec 29, 2022

Cliquey and poorly resourced for major projects

Nuke compositor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay was competitive for role.

Cons

The department is cliquey as hell! Workplace bullying happens all the time from leads and supervisors. Very long hours (evenings unpaid). Company poorly resourced to complete work for major vendors and so forces artists to make up for its shortcomings on big projects.

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