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Pixar Animation Studios vs The Walt Disney Company: headquarters, benefits and pay compared

Pixar Animation Studios is headquartered in Emeryville, California; The Walt Disney Company in Burbank, California. The Walt Disney Company has more employees (≈231,000 vs ≈850) and a bigger headquarters (330K sq ft vs ≈247K sq ft).

Pixar Animation Studios vs The Walt Disney Company in numbers

Pixar Animation StudiosThe Walt Disney Company
≈247K sq ftHQ size330K sq ft
≈850Employees≈231,000
—Turnover—
—Median pay$56,932
—Revenue per employee≈$0.4M

From each company's annual report or proxy statement; fiscal years differ — see each profile. — = not published. Revenue per employee is calculated by eciffo.

Pixar Animation Studios headquartersPixar Animation StudiosEmeryville, California

A brick-and-steel studio built around one big atrium — with two cafés, a cereal bar and a park with a swimming pool outside.

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Headquarters

Headquarters architect
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (completed 2000)
Headquarters size
218,000 sq ft (≈ 20,253 m²)
Brooklyn architect
Allied Works, with Perkins + Will (completed 2011)
Brooklyn size
155,000 sq ft (≈ 14,400 m²), four stories
Brooklyn certification
LEED Silver
Landscape
PWP Landscape Architecture (2000, 2011)
Outdoors
Basketball and volleyball courts, amphitheater, chef's garden, swimming pool, jogging trail
Public tours
None — Pixar is a closed studio

Benefits

  • FitnessOn campusFitness facilities and personal wellness resources.
  • Cafés2Two cafés with a weekly changing, from-scratch menu run by Pixar's own chefs.
  • Friday treatSundaesIce cream sundaes every Friday at the Luxo Cafe, plus the Pixar Cereal Bar.
  • CommutingAssistanceCommuter assistance is listed among Pixar's employee resources.
  • VolunteeringProgramVolunteering opportunities for employees.

Themes

#Famous architects#Office tour videos#Bay Area#Office cafés

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The Walt Disney Company headquartersThe Walt Disney CompanyBurbank, California

The headquarters roof is held up by the Seven Dwarfs — six of them 19 feet tall, with a 12-foot Dopey at the top.

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Headquarters

Architect (HQ, 1990)
Michael Graves
Architect (studio, 1940)
Kem Weber
Team Disney Building
330,000 sq ft (≈ 30,658 m²)
Studio lot
44 acres (≈ 17.8 ha)
Land bought in 1938
51 acres for $100,000
Owned in Burbank & nearby cities
4,733,000 sq ft (≈ 439,710 m²)

Benefits

  • Disney Aspire100%Tuition paid upfront, plus reimbursement for required books and fees, from high school completion to undergraduate degrees.
  • Theme park admissionFreeComplimentary park admission for full-time and part-time employees after two weeks of employment.
  • Pay dayWeeklyEmployees are paid every week; direct deposit is an option.
  • ChildcareOn-site + back-upOn-site, low-cost and back-up childcare at select locations, plus senior care programs and long-term care coverage.
  • Family buildingBenefitA family-building benefit for eligible employees, alongside vacation, sick and family care leave.

Themes

#Famous architects#Donation matching#Free counseling#Family building#Back-up child care#Office tour videos

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