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?

"Nice people for the most part" ((in 42 reviews)); "It was a great team and the job was fun to do!" ((in 34 reviews)); "Decent pay and benefits" ((in 9 reviews)); "Great coworkers" ((in 8 reviews)); "Good work life balance" ((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 11 reviews)); "Salary is low." ((in 8 reviews)); "Large egos with certain senior managers." ((in 4 reviews)); "It's hard to feel valued in the company, and upper management does not encourage internal learning or growth" ((in 3 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs and uses of grey zones" ((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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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

May 22, 2018

work at cinesite

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

friendly, talented staff, nice building,

Cons

poor senior management, lack of leadership and company direction

1.0

May 2, 2018

Poor management, terrible pipeline

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is not terrible. It's not great, but it's not the worst. On-site massage therapy offered, and covered by company insurance. Slightly – and I mean slightly – better office layout than most VFX houses.

Cons

The pipeline is very weak, as is the database. The security measures put in place to please the Disney overlord are super frustrating. Teeny-tiny desks and crappy chairs. Cheap computer monitors cause serious eye strain – especially in conjunction with the child-sized desks. Overtime is paid after 50 hours instead of 40, and is paid at time, not time and a half. Poor mid-level and senior management. Opaque management style. Very weak implementation of RV, which is pretty crappy software in the best of cases. Generally lousy technical infrastructure. Poor integration with the head London office.

5.0

Apr 26, 2018

Growing company with exciting challenges

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great ambiance, people are very nice and say hi even if they don't know you - A lot of room for growth - Good leadership

Cons

- Processes to be improved

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Jobs at Cinesite

Level 1 Systems Administrator -- Administrateur systèmes Niveau 1

Conseiller.ère RH et Recrutement -- HR and Recruitment Advisor

Senior Lighting-Compositing Artist

Coordonnateur.trice de production - Animation -- Production Coordinator - Animation