IMAX reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(171 total reviews)
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Richard L. Gelfond

71% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

IMAX has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 171 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The IMAX 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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171 reviews
1.0
Jun 12, 2019

Stay away!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Free coffee, but that's about it.

Cons

If you like the pressure and fast pace of a hurry up and wait environment, then IMAX is the place for you. Management is bad from the top down (Many people have said that here and it's true). Poor communication between the LA and Toronto office (when they are even available). Majority of the VPs, Directors and Managers should be working at Walgreens. Parking is horrific. The Culture and environment are depressing and non-motivating. Most people look like they'd rather be somewhere else. HR is a revolving door, IT is a revolving door. Overall super weird culture and environment. Hands down one of the worst places I've worked with some of the worst bosses I've ever worked for. Do yourself a favor and don't walk, but RUN from this place.

1.0
May 7, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some of the workers were nice people.

Cons

Upper management is rude and belittling to employees. Bullying is ignored and tolerated. There are no "living documents" so all information is disseminated through tons of emails from all diffferent individuals. An email nightmare!

1.0
Feb 13, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- free screenings - people are impressed when you say you work there - pretty good benefits (but got worse year to year)

Cons

- Never given any positive reinforcement or compliments - rewarded for throwing people under the bus - Low morale - they encourage you to learn new skills but then yell at you for not doing your job (even when you have free time) - everyone hordes info and power rather than works as a team - was told to lie to clients and other departments about delivery times - poor workflow - suggestions for improvements ignored - mistakes you made in the past you could never live down. No joke a mistake i made my first month there was still thrown in my face two years later - horrible work life balance. expected to live for the company. I was told to come in on the weekend just because "I hadn't done it in a while" i knew several employees that took separate cars from their family to social events in case they got unexpectedly called in - departments are pitted against each other - upper management had no idea of the workflow, process or how long things took and therefor had ridiculous expectations

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