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 42 reviews)); "It was a great team and the job was fun to do!" ((in 30 reviews)); "Good work life balance" ((in 10 reviews)); "Great coworkers" ((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 11 reviews)); "Salary is low." ((in 7 reviews)); "Large egos with certain senior managers." ((in 4 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs and uses of grey zones" ((in 4 reviews)); "Lack of a proper training" ((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.

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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

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

3.0

Nov 13, 2025

It's alright

Data io/render wrangler

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent Co-workers Flexible Environment Interesting work

Cons

too many managers with different ideas low salary for long term employees not much opportunity to advance other department work will be given without training to cut costs

3.0

Oct 1, 2025

overall good

Pipeline engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good teammates that made working fun

Cons

industry in general is not doing so great

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