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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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

2.0

Apr 1, 2019

Anonymous

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some of the artists are lovely!

Cons

HR is a mess, they will low ball you and bully you into feeling like you should just be grateful to have a job. Management will ask more of you than the role you are being paid to do. Thé films they work on in feature animation are so low budget and look like they were rendered in a video game engine. The films take years to release after their completion so be prepared to work on your reel outside of working here.

1.0

Mar 29, 2019

No prospects

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

At times it could be fun

Cons

Very dysfunctional with a particularly antiquated attitude towards most things. Limited future visibility backed up by empty promises. The management team is largely incompetent, particularly senior management. No investment in training

4.0

Mar 6, 2019

Up your game... it's 2019, not 1994.

Animator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work environment. The 4 low budget, high seconds/week films are thankfully almost completed. Now (March 2019) the higher budget, quality, fewer seconds/week films are beginning. Pipeline is pretty good. Awesome production co-ordinators (and other middle-management)

Cons

The 4 sub-standard films, mentioned above, made the early years very frustrating for the artists. Old computers.

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