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 33 reviews)); "Good work/life balance" ((in 8 reviews)); "Great work environment and people" ((in 8 reviews)); "Cool studio, decent pay, benefits." ((in 7 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 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.

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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

5.0

Mar 10, 2023

awesome

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

very human HR, good salary

Cons

most people never leave, so hard to get promoted

3.0

Mar 1, 2023

Overall good company but short end of the stick

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great location Nice gym Good benefits Overall people are nice and friendly Free snacks Hybrid work environment

Cons

My manager was unfortunately a micro manager. He used to be the only person in the department (been there over 10+ years) therefore likes to control every aspect of the team (6 people). We have to sign in on 2-3 different ways in order to track our hours and "where we are." Asking your peers for help via private message was highly discouraged in our department. He would expect us to work on tickets with barely any direction. He would then get upset that the results were not exactly how he envisioned. He would often swear and belittle other teams (sometimes his own team).

5.0

Feb 28, 2023

People are nice

Junior pipeline technical director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pays better than other studios, They do not promote overtime, there are a lot of events for the employees in the office

Cons

working hours are long because of the 1h mandatory lunch break so you start at 9 and finish at 6pm which becomes tiring for sitting so long in front of a computer

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Jobs at Cinesite

Senior Lighting-Compositing Artist

Level 1 Systems Administrator -- Administrateur systèmes Niveau 1

Senior FX Artist - Water focus

Canada

CA$100K - CA$100K /yr

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Montreal

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