DWA's Fortune Ranking

I saw this last week, but since one of our fine trade paper mentions it ...

DreamWorks Animation is the only entertainment industry company on this year's annual Fortune list of 100 Best Companies to Work for, ranking 14th after taking the 10th spot a year earlier. ...

"What animates the animators here is the accessibility of CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, who welcomes new hires and sends a daily update to the staff," Fortune said. "He makes it feel like 200 people work here, not 2,000," the magazine quoted one staffer as saying. ...

I'm in and out of DreamWorks Animation's campus all the time, and the morale is better than at other cartoon studios I visit. (Which isn't to say it's "ideal." There have been layoffs over the past year and a half, and some rehires. And of course Wall Street has its issues with the company's cash flow and stock performance.)

Still in all, as I ramble cubicle to cubicle and office to office, I find people relatively buoyant about their work situations.