By : Abbasi Dawood

v/s

Dream works animation

Animation films

Jeffery katzenberg (CEO)

Founded : 12 October 1994

California, US

Revenue : $706million

Employees : 1,850

4th consecutive year “best company to work for”

DWA from HR perspective

Secure & Friendly environment

Working hours 9/5, 8/6

Freedom to work

Risk-taking "We challenge all our employees to be their own CEOs,"

Casual dress code

Profit sharing

Jobs

new jobs : 154

Job growth : 8%

Turnover : 5%

Diversity

Minorities : 24%

Women: 29%

DWA from HR perspective

100% health coverage : no

Fitness center, gym

Job sharing

Compressed workweek

Free breakfast & lunch

Salary

Low : 33k Average: 98k High: 299,999

Animator: 83k

Software engineer: 120,000

Production Engineer: 109,995

Entry Level: 49,553

DWA Events

What Employees say ??

“Incredible work environment, surrounded by so much creativity” former employee

Pros – great work environment, talented people, and great benefits

Cons- Too many under qualified producers and managers, smart work may make you so difficult to stay in this job.

Advice to Senior Management-  Get training or hire more qualified and dynamic "executives",

What Employees say ??

“pays well in usa, peanuts in india” Current Technical Director in Bangalore (India) 

Pros – best environment

Cons – growth limited, personally and professionally..

Advice to Senior Management – show some love to india studio

introduction

Banking, financial services

Founded 1869

New York, US

Lloyd C. Blankfein (CEO)

Revenue: $41billion

Employees: 32,600

Goldman Sachs & HR Intense working environment

Working hours :9am-9pm, 7am-8pm

Part time schedules

9% job cuts

bonuses

Slow promotion process

Salary

Average Goldman Pay: $139,200

Vice-president : $153,522

Technical Specialist: $71k

Associate: $103,339

Goldman Sachs & HR

Benefits

Health Care, life insurance etc

Holidays: 12 days

Retirement package

Health Services

On-site fitness centres

Personal and Family

Child care

16 weeks maternity leave (fully paid)

Unlimited sick leaves

Employees Review

“Smart people, smart work”  Current Associate

Pros –Pushed every day to be better

Cons –

 No room for slackers.

Extremely long and hard working hours.

Expectation of perfect work.

There is no work / life balance

Employees Review

“Not a bad place to work” Consultant

Pros – 

1) Truly global working environment

2) People are helpful and nice

Cons – Long work hours, less transparency

Intern’s review

“Prestigious Company, but Extremely Stressful”

Pros – Prestigious name; training program; network opportunity

Cons – pressure, pressure, pressure. pressure. pressure

DWA v/s Goldman Sachs

Offers attracting benefits

Different working environment

Promotion

Employee’s review

Layoffs policy

Competitive environment

Thank you !!

sources

http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/DreamWorks-Animation-Reviews-E36343.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreamWorks_Animation#Awards

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/best-companies/2012/snapshots/14.html

http://www.salarylist.com/company/DreamWorks-Animation-Salary.htm

http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/DreamWorks-Animation-Reviews-E36343.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs

http://www.goldmansachs.com/

http://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Goldman-Sachs-Salaries-E2800.htm

http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Goldman-Sachs-Reviews-E2800.htm