Is Dolby a good company to work for?

Dolby has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 891 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 71% of employees would recommend working at Dolby to a friend and 52% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Dolby have been left by employees working as Intern , Senior Software Engineer and Software Engineer .

Does Dolby pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Dolby employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Dolby. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Dolby?

71% of Dolby employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Dolby 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Dolby?

Software Engineer (38) , Director (26) , Staff Engineer (23) , Intern (20) , Senior Manager (19) , Senior Software Engineer (19) , Marketing (17) , Engineer (11) , Manager (9) , Program Manager (9) , Executive Assistant (8) , Staff Software Engineer (8) , Internship (7) , Research Intern (7) , Project Engineer (6)

What are the pros of working at Dolby according to real employee reviews?

"People are great and hardworking" ((in 108 reviews)); "Good benefits designed towards long" ((in 65 reviews)); "9/80 good work life balance" ((in 63 reviews)); "Market Leader supplying to a lot of leading companies in the industry, innovative company with good pay." ((in 24 reviews)); "great teams to work with" ((in 21 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Dolby according to real employee reviews?

"1) Salary is not competitive" ((in 21 reviews)); "Upper management is becoming obsessed with change for change's sake." ((in 16 reviews)); "Constant layoffs and no career opportunities." ((in 14 reviews)); "Fewer opportunities outside of San Francisco" ((in 8 reviews)); "appalling egocentric leadership team" ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Dolby layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Dolby layoffs and their outlook for job security at Dolby in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Dolby locations?

San Francisco , Sunnyvale , Burbank , New York , South San Francisco , Los Angeles , Hollywood , San Jose , Atlanta , Chicago , Santa Fe , Washington , Pleasanton , Goleta , Denver , Redmond , Seattle , State College , China , Germany

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3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(707 total reviews)

Kevin J. Yeaman

74% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

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4.2

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Senior management

3.3

Career opportunities

Dolby has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 707 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Dolby employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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707 reviews

5.0

May 24, 2019

Focused on hi-def audio and video with really good work life balance

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Masters at all things A/V, algorithms and software. Every other Friday off is a dream. Cool annual hackathon called ideaquest. Good benefits, commuter stipend, 401K and profit sharing. People are friendly and smart. Lots of volunteer opportunities. Very global which is good in a way but need to be good at dealing with time zones. Office is like new and the labs are insane.

Cons

Potential is more than whats been delivered so far. With great tech and brand we should be taking off more especially with peak TV happening.

5.0

May 15, 2019

Great company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Autonomy, small company who has big company tools and ambitions

Cons

very ambitious, so expect to have to do a lot with little manpower

4.0

Apr 2, 2019

Good place to work

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Top of the line headquarters and audio lab. Every other Friday off. (work 9 days out of 10)

Cons

Old technology, not cloud or AWS.

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