Just came across this site after google search..ha! I wished I knew about it before to vent a little. Great stuff here mates! I'll put my two cents after working for DreamWorks the last year.
There was this girl called Katrina Tung in the Surfacing department who was laid off. She worked at ILM Singapore as a texturing artist, and was contacted (she didn't applied) by Wes Burian (surfacing). She was promised a senior surfacing position (btw, no one has that position, you are 'by default senior' on word not contract) and a solid stay at DreamWorks animation, is she right away moved into DW. 6 months later she was let go, and on top of that, she had to pay 15k in debt. The debt came because she had to take the cost of moving into DreamWorks right away, instead of waiting another month. So she is now without a job, and in debt, no actions at ILM.
Yet, some of Wes Burian friends are not fired. One of these is John M, who is always given the best assets to work at, and the most amount of time. He arrives to work late, and leaves early. He is most of the time on the phone, or not at his desk. The reputation of this group already has some legal story behind: These guys are/where intimate friends with Young Song, killer of a puppy who he brutally shot with a gun, and finished with a hammer a dog. The judge stopped the video, and considered it one of the worst animal cruelty cases that have been ever seen. Just look it up! He is out of jail btw
These are the people that make the movies your kid watch. Disgusting
Anyway, this was all expected when they changed the executive in charge of the department from Barb Cimity (older wiser woman) to Yvette Memory and Bonnie Lemon. Yvette Memory previously worked at The Orphanage, and was known to have no clue of the value of talent. She was however good at firing people because of that, and gained a reputation as 'an axe man'. Bonnie Lemon was sent up north to control the accounts. She is the one in power, and Yvette Memory is the axe. That was 2 years ago, so all these layoffs happening at DreamWorks are planned, and expected.
Don't go to work at DreamWorks. Its a mentally ill place to work at, regardless of the hype. People put on a smile, but they live in constant fear of guys such as Young Song, doubting lias from people as Wes Burian, and not trusting managers as Yvette Memory.
Well, that is just one piece of the story, hope you guys have better luck.