DDU means Dream Works Disgusting Unit Dream Works Disaster Unit Dream Works Drama Unit Most of them know what goes on there Production Sucks there TOO absolute complete Brain less,..... IDIOTS. people who worked there and transferred to US Know the... — read more 

FYI - Disney Animation is doing just fine, so it's not an industry issue, it's JK...

Or how bout when JK swore China would be doing "regional-specific" films, about their culture, their history, for their markets. They would be lower quality and carry the ODW brand. And a week later we learn from the Hollywood Reporter that ODW will... — read more 

Feature Animation production as an industry is being destroyed. When it is all over, it will be in bits and pieces. Game Over, MAN.

DreamSucks Dedicated Unit, which is a fancy term for "DreamSucks Outsourced Outpost".

anyone?

I think something is being missed here, and it's heating up into this India vs US debate. To all the workers in India, I don't think people are blaming YOU. If I saw a dollar on the street I'd pick it up too. That's doesn't make it my fault the... — read more 

Really? Dreamworkers here can be so naive as to suggest their layoffs are because jobs went to India?? I cant believe these are the same super smart and brilliant people we at DDU look upto and respect so much, till now. I hope this is just your... — read more 

Your union sucks and DW controls them better than any other studio in the industry. The union has blind eyes to unpaid OT, day swapping, non-union workers working for long periods of time at a DW - a union shop (that includes PDI workers at DW)... — read more 

I'm saddened by the outright RACISM on this board. Disparaging, ugly comments about India and Indian people disgusts me and those people should be ashamed. I know people are angry and bitter but the Indian artists have families too, have rent to pay... — read more 

Well, speaking from the point of view of someone, who is one of the guys fired from the Indian side of operations, let me clarify a few things here. True, DW came to India because we are cheap. The fact that a few individuals in here claim that... — read more 

That is a lot of success right there! I guess Jeffrey Katzenberg should have stayed at Disney then, because at DreamWorks, he is failing. With this I don't mean he as a movie maker (which can nowadays be attributed to 'timing'), but as a leader. It... — read more 

In 1984, Michael Eisner became Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at The Walt Disney Company. Eisner brought Katzenberg with him to take charge of Disney’s motion picture division. Katzenberg was responsible for reviving the studio which, at the time... — read more 

I am not with DW but I am curious what positions are being eliminated. I just saw that there 11 positions open on the website and they seem to be mostly in IT, so I reckon at least that group is safe.

Imagine working for an industry which makes movies with a message, but which are made unethically. I wonder why the movies don't sell well..mmm...Its going to be difficult to make a movie with a solid story that reaches audiences, if the process... — read more 

DreamWorks Animation: Where the dream is gone, and the work remains. Oh wait, not even that now!. I wonder if they will make the moon-boy asian now. They would have to tint the clouds a bit darker to match the pollution.

Why do I get the sense that people that find this board disgusting, didn't lose their jobs this week? Some of the people that talk about 'that is the way it is' are the people keeping it as it is, here and in the past. Those guys are responsible for... — read more 

I cannot agree more with "ExecutiveBuzzwords" - I spent working ~12 years in the back office at a competitor and I got so fed up with BS and egos that walk around studios that I switched industry completely - granted that I was not a creative... — read more 

Isn't it absolutely pathetic how in this industry that the people responsible for continuously making obviously stupid decisions concerning marketing and promotion as well as those who decide to tailor movie after movie to the "dumb and simple" movie... — read more 

I'm confused. As someone at DWA, why are all the Indian folks getting worked up on here? Have you been told and heard directly that a significant number of you are being affected by these layoffs? Because that's a load of crap. DWA is not laying off... — read more 

Oh, so this is the "real world" and we all just bend over and take it huh "sickening". Accept that your jobs are going to be farmed out to third-world countries at sweatshop labor prices so that they Jeffrey Katzenberg's of the world can make another... — read more 

The lack of professionalism on this board is disgusting at best. This is how you choose to represent our industry? Nice job. Welcome to the real world, people, where lay-offs happen, where off-shoring happens, where there will always be management... — read more 

Dear Union? Guild? & Reply to India, India did not invite your bosses to do their business in a cheap labor country, this way you called Indians Cheap? Right Now go back and ask this same answer to your bosses who are playing with people's life and... — read more 

Oh... You're just Now realizing that the Union/Guild doesn't have your back? And you're shocked by this? Can't they strike and protest the sending of jobs overseas? Oh...whats that? They have a no-strike clause in their collective bargaining... — read more 

Yes.... Dreamworks has employees from many countries. You mentioned a French Designer, and a Spanish Director. I'm assuming you mean Nico and Alessandro. We employ people from France, Spain, Italy, and all across Europe and elsewhere... The... — read more 

Why didn't our union even acknowledge DW was training non-union workers for long periods of time? I pay for such little support - now I understand why NoCal studios avoided the union. They are silent in all of this mess. Steve H. even saw us working... — read more 

To all the Indian artists - I am sorry for the hostility you see, and I am sorry you have to go through this pain like we do. But here is where it comes from: in the last couple years we would see 3 or 4 people in a department get layed off, for... — read more 

If you all hate this company so much be sure to return the money they gave you for the last years you worked there and don't forget the bonuses either.

This is true even though I was given the information my job will be ending. There is too much finger pointing at those who are suffering at the hands of mismanaged resources and information. The leadership at DW has been in place for longer than most... — read more 

I am seeing employees pointing on each other, fighting on Race, language, country, and this is what exactly companies want,.... if any body has to be blamed it is their bosses who are running this business. Either they don't want to run this clean... — read more 

WoW!

"when you see how visa wise foreigners struggle to have jobs in US," - nobody is begging you to come here, so STFU and stay the f wherever the f you are from.

For the stupid people crying because they have family and don't want to move ... welcome in the world of the rest of the world, people in europe have to travel to get job, there is no work in italy, portugal, poland, greece ... you know ... europe... — read more 

I'm not trying to get flamed or anything here but Indian artists have families and kids too you know! And we are going through the same uncertainity as you guys are. There are talks of people laid off in the Indian studio as well, what happens to... — read more 

This just in from DWA: "We would like to transition your kids schooling. outside the country...on your dime.". P.s. We're keeping the Europeans we like.

Many of us have FAMILIES here in the US, our children GROW up here and go to SCHOOL here, etc. To the morons who suggest simply packing up and moving, SCREW YOU - you are too STUPID or CRUEL or both, to suggest this.

ThisIsTheLife and indian dreamworker, F YOU both, and F other A'HOLES like the two of you. How f'ing DARE you comment that we in the US should pack up and move, to sh*thole countries like yours, because "that is where the jobs are". Because our... — read more 

Last comment for India, can I remind you people that since 5 years that India studio exist Dreamworks and PDI never stopped to grow, we are not stealing your job, we are working on sequels for you to work on original movies, croods, turbo, smekday... — read more 

I'm assuming many of you forgot what business we are in. This is the life - this happens ALL the time. You all knew that when you insanely decided to pursue this as your career(I am also that insane person - because you have to be a little crazy to... — read more 

chio, we already said what we think, but there is too much anger here to listen to us, nobody believes we have people getting fired here as well, and objectively nobody gives a shit cause like said not afraid of my shadow, it's not our job at first... — read more