Our People

Our People

Warner Bros. Discovery's vision is to create a distinctive culture where every employee feels valued, trusted, challenged, inspired, and empowered. 

Our programs are focused on four key areas: uniting our global team to create one team culture, fostering a resilient workforce by supporting their mental fitness and wellbeing, empowering employees to reach their full potential through robust growth and development programs, and removing barriers to opportunity to expand access to our industry.

Talent Recruitment

Talent Recruitment

To create the world's greatest content across film, television, sports, news, and games, we take a purposeful approach to ensuring we have the skilled and creative talent we need.

Our Talent Acquisition teams develop our company-aligned talent pipeline, aiming to bring a broad range of skill sets, experience, and perspectives to create a culture of innovation and inspire content for our audiences. From creating hiring forecasts to fulfilling upcoming talent needs and supporting career mobility opportunities for our employees, we take a proactive and thoughtful approach to ensure we have the talent we need across our technology, creative, and corporate businesses.

Our corporate internship program is offered up to three times per year, providing students around the world* with paid learning opportunities that fully immerse students in the WBD culture with hands-on experience. Additionally, our WBD Access program gives emerging internal and external talent the opportunity to engage in a wide range of creative opportunities while also receiving development and mentorship, placement opportunities, and industry exposure.

*As of fiscal year-end 2025, WBD's corporate internship program is now available in 15 countries, following expansion into Poland, India, and Mexico in 2025.

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Total Rewards Program

Total Rewards Program

We help our employees thrive by recognizing excellence and prioritizing wellbeing. Learn more here.

Our compensation programs are designed to motivate and reward high performance. We continually review our policies, processes, and compensation structure to ensure they retain and effectively incentivize our talent while maintaining competitiveness with the market.

Our benefits programs promote physical, mental, financial, and community wellbeing.

Benefits for regular, full-time employees include:

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage: Access to quality care through local insurance providers in many countries around the world, ensuring regionally compliant plans.
  • Family Support Programs, including parental leave, adoption, and family caregiver leave.
  • Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing: Around-the-clock access to mental health resources, including licensed therapists, mental wellness apps, self-care tools, peer support platforms, and on-site or virtual counseling services available to employees and their families globally through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
  • Wellness and Fitness: Access to wellness centers in key office locations (New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and London), including on-site medical services, fitness facilities, and wellness programs.
  • Financial Wellbeing: Programs and services that support financial wellness, including region-specific savings and retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S.) and access to financial wellbeing experts through live and on-demand courses.
  • Flexible Work Options: Globally available hybrid and flexible work arrangements, helping employees balance personal and professional commitments while supporting productivity and engagement.
  • Team Member Relief Fund: Globally available to provide eligible employees facing personal hardship access to financial assistance and community support.
  • Career and Learning Programs: Tuition assistance programs and education support for eligible employees, as well as funding for employee degree programs and certifications to support continuous learning and skill development. In the U.S., all eligible employees can apply for employee degree programs or certifications.

Note: Temporary, seasonal, and production employees are eligible for medical and other benefits based on their employment type and union affiliation.

 

 

Global Learning, Leadership, and Organization Development

Global Learning, Leadership, and Organization Development

Employees have access to global programs and offerings, including a comprehensive suite of on-demand self-paced training, development workshops, mentorship and coaching, and leadership development. From onboarding for new hires to global mentoring programs and access to trusted third-party learning platforms, our integrated learning programs are designed to expose employees to career opportunities, expand peer networks, provide dedicated time to build on their strengths, and build future-ready skills, such as technology and artificial intelligence.

Our talent and performance programs support organizational resilience.

Leadership Development: Our leadership development programs are designed to meet evolving business priorities by enabling organizational and individual goals and preparing our talent for critical roles. We invest in comprehensive development programs for our leaders, including one-on-one coaching that drives performance and leadership effectiveness, global group workshops that equip leaders with tools and confidence to navigate uncertainty and transformation, and external executive development programs in collaboration with top business schools.

Performance Management: We implemented enhanced goal setting and reward processes in our performance management program in 2025, further reinforcing our pay-for-performance philosophy and expanding continuous coaching and performance check-ins to align individual contributions with business objectives. These initiatives reinforce fairness, transparency, and accountability while fostering cultural stability, engagement, and wellbeing.

Awards and Achievements

  • Forbes: America's Best Employers for New Grads 2025
  • Forbes: America's Dream Employers 2026
  • Handshake Early Talent Award 2026

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Engagement
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Engagement

Our active listening approach fosters an open-feedback culture where employee voices shape our workplace and initiatives, promoting wellbeing and driving improved organizational performance. We focus on data-driven insights, which are shared with our leaders to guide retention and engagement strategies.

Our annual employee engagement survey measures satisfaction, commitment, and connection of all regular employees through topics such as work environment, business ethics, leadership, work-life balance, and career development. We supplement the annual survey with targeted ad hoc surveys to address the overall employee experience, including onboarding, hiring, learning and development, and more.

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Labor Relations
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Labor Relations

We recognize that being flexible and adaptable helps our creative partners feel valued, rewarded, and focused on telling great stories.

As one of the world's leading producers of film and television content, WBD entities such as Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Pictures, and HBO have, for several decades, been signatories to more than 110 entertainment industry collective bargaining agreements within the United States and abroad, which, on a daily basis, cover tens of thousands of WBD employees across hundreds of the Company's productions.

WBD has deep historical and ongoing relationships with all of the industry guilds and unions and regularly interfaces with the unions, including the Writers Guild of America (WGA), Directors Guild of America (DGA), Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Teamsters, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and UNITE HERE, as well as local unions such as the Animation Guild and Studio Security and Fire Association (SSFA). WBD also believes in fostering positive and direct engagement with our employees and creative partners, both union and non-union, in all locations in which we operate. At all times, we adhere to all laws and regulations regarding freedom of association (including Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act), privacy, and equal employment opportunity.

Workforce Health and Safety
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Workforce Health and Safety

Ensuring a safe and healthy workplace is an integral part of everything we do. As stated in our Code of Ethics, employees have the right and responsibility to stop any work if they feel their safety is at risk and are trained to notify or report any unsafe equipment or any situation that may pose a health, safety, or environmental hazard, without fear of reprisal.

Production Health and Safety

Oversight and Resources: The Warner Bros. Safety & Environmental Affairs Department (S&EA) provides occupational health and safety oversight for our corporate and production workforce and develops safety guidelines to meet federal, state/province, and local regulations and standards. Health and safety resources for all Warner Bros. productions and facilities are provided on the S&EA website.

Continuous Improvement: Representatives from the senior management and cross-functional departments participate in monthly injury-trend analysis meetings to discuss injuries or claims and any remedial actions necessary, such as refresher trainings or process reviews. Senior management also participates in a monthly, industry-wide Joint Labor Management Safety Committee meeting with health and safety union and management representatives.

Production Safety Program: A dedicated Production Safety Representative is assigned to every Warner Bros. television and film production to review scripts for potential hazards, conduct safety orientations, and provide guidance on stunts, special effects, and risks such as lead paint or asbestos. They also coordinate specialized training, safety equipment, and remediation efforts when necessary.

Promoting a Respectful Workplace
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Promoting a Respectful Workplace

WBD is dedicated to providing a work environment where everyone is treated with respect and dignity. We do not tolerate harassment, discrimination, or other abusive behavior. The Company takes allegations of misconduct seriously and conducts thorough investigations, requiring all employees to fully cooperate with internal and external inquiries.

Our Code of Ethics and the Equal Employment Opportunity Policy provide the framework for reporting legal or ethical concerns, including our Ethics Hotline where employees and other stakeholders can make confidential reports, and which strictly prohibits retaliation.

Protecting Human Rights

We conduct business in a manner that respects the human rights and dignity of all, and we comply with all applicable laws that promote and protect human rights and prohibit slavery and human trafficking. We incorporate these key principles in our Code of Ethics, Business Partner Statement of Ethics, Production Business Partner Statement of Ethics, and the WBD Modern Slavery Statement.

We encourage our employees and external stakeholders to report any suspicion or evidence of human rights abuses in our operations or in the operations of our suppliers.