The Walt Disney Company Employee Reviews for Software Engineer

You'll often see that working in the tech side of Disney is either a hit or a miss. I was blessed to have a hit instead of a miss though. I personally really enjoy the projects that my team and I work on, and we are using modern tech stacks that create great learning opportunities to stay up to date in the tech industry. The same can't be said for every team though, which is why I gave 4 stars instead of 5, but likewise the company is so large that it's very easy to find that team that fits exactly what you are looking for. I see myself staying here for the long-haul.

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Great fun work place

Lead Software Development Engineer (Former Employee) - Seattle, WA - July 23, 2018

Good work life balance , good brand to work for. Various locations available to work from. Technologically advances company for sure. Easy to get in various departments,

Pros

fun workplace

Cons

Slower in pace

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What people like

Clear sense of purpose
Ability to learn new things
Feeling of personal appreciation

Good Company

Software Engineer - Mobile (Former Employee) - Seattle, WA - June 5, 2018

Walt Disney work is like living in dream, we work on disney world, good work environment, good teams, great place to explore all latest technologies. Good work-life balance.

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Relaxed environment that values work/life balance

Software Engineer (Current Employee) - Seattle, WA - July 25, 2017

Like any large company, your experience at Disney is highly dependent on which group you work for and especially your manager. Early on in my career here, my manager was burdened with wearing three hats: selling our group's services to other segments of Disney, doing release planning, and being the product owner. Over the past couple years, they've been divvying that role up more, which has helped, but there are still managers that have too much work and too few resources here. In addition, QA is a bit of a problem, since they aren't willing to pay for enough QA engineers and often don't budget enough time for the developers to fully QA a product. They are just getting to cloud deployments and automating the testing of many of the products developed here. Your benefits will be the typical benefits for a company this size, except that you will have to travel down to California to take advantage of most of the park/merchandise and local discounts. Expect the pay not to be as competitive as other places, that's not their main focus, and expect promotions to happen at a slower pace. The vacation is nice, and the groups I have been with have been very flexible in terms of when you are allowed to take them.

Pros

Work life balance is excellent, bagel wednesdays are nice, free movie screenings

Cons

QA testing, direct management can be a bit overwhelmed

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Nice work culture

Software Engineer (Current Employee) - Seattle, WA - July 5, 2017

I am working at Disney ABC Television. Pros Brilliant colleagues who can think quickly and treat each other with kindness and respect. It's great to work with the best of the best! Cons None. I have absolutely nothing bad to say about the workplace . It is great to work there and I would highly recommend it.

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