Weta Digital Reviews
Updated 16 Nov 2020
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Pros
"scenery in and around wellington" (in 13 reviews)
"cutting edge tech, great shows, great people" (in 11 reviews)
Cons
"Long hours can get daunting and the lack of paid time off makes it hard to take a holiday" (in 23 reviews)
"Pressure / Wellington is boring" (in 13 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
"Great company overall"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI worked at Weta Digital full-time for less than a year
Pros
Management takes great care of employees, making sure they lack of nothing, this helps maintaining an overall great atmosphere. Very talented peoples from who to learn. Great opportunities (different roles / team, ..)
Cons
Can feel a bit overwhelming when coming from smaller structures.
Pros
Got to work in multiple department
Cons
too much work, too much politics
"Big company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookI worked at Weta Digital full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Get to work with amazing projects
Cons
Too much underground politics, long working hours with no Sick Leave.
- COVID-19Helpful (2)
"Very interesting work, sometimes poor management decisions"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookI worked at Weta Digital full-time
Pros
State-of-the-art and innovative technology; great to work on Avatar, with James Cameron, and with the highly talented and creative staff
Cons
Sometimes poor management decisions, lots of politics where some people get excluded on purpose, not transparent regarding promotion and monetary compensation, good people don't get promoted while not very competent ones do, limited flexibility regarding home office during pandemic, resistant to remote working, attitude: be lucky to work for us
Continue reading "Great studio and a great team with really fun and challenging projects . Fully stocked kitchens and Friday Beer O'Clock"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookI have been working at Weta Digital
Pros
Great projects and people .
Cons
Tough to move up or around the company
- Helpful (5)
"Post Production Artist"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at Weta Digital full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Nothing. Upper management/HR is getting all the perks and benefits.
Cons
Corporate structure in full swing. No room to breathe, very tight schedules. Not artist friendly...sweat shot mentality. Projects are not as good as they use to be.
Continue reading - Helpful (3)
"Still give hopes for the Future Weta-ers."
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI worked at Weta Digital full-time for less than a year
Pros
Benefits Good project Home away from home Beer Friday! Fish and chips!
Cons
Long hours but reasonable. It's all about connection no more skill-set test. For no valid reason they just don't extent contracts.
- Helpful (1)
"Nice place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at Weta Digital full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Good salary / Working freely / Challenging works
Cons
Pressure / Wellington is boring
Continue reading - Helpful (2)
"Senior modeler"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNegative OutlookI have been working at Weta Digital full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Best project you can work with
Cons
Not good treatment from hr for the exist artist
- Helpful (2)
"Software Developer"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI worked at Weta Digital full-time
Pros
Good and clever people to work with
Cons
Bad management that do not understand the process
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