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      Dolby reviews

      3.8

      71% would recommend to a friend

      (707 total reviews)
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      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
      2.0
      Jan 29, 2010

      Old company with trouble shedding old ways

      Staff engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good technical groups, plenty of tools/processes to help communication across multi national groups, though becomes time consuming. Nice, amicable environment. Great benefits

      Cons

      Company has plenty of expertise in sound technology, trying to build new/further capabilities in video, voice and multimedia. Latter effort is not focused, sometimes not well planned. Plenty of politics between different groups. Trouble breaking through old guard. Research engineering has more of marketing & product management approach than technical one. Could be due to focus on licensing and not product development. Bureaucratic.

      4.0
      Jan 28, 2010

      Great place. Few issues

      Project engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Gifted Engineers with a lot of passion. Lots of opportunities to learn and grow. Several interesting projects. The Engineering crowd is very sociable and lots of group activity.

      Cons

      Review process can be a little outdated. Too man VPs and upper management ranks for a company of its size. It makes the organization seems more like a mushroom than a pyramid. Some groups over hire and under deliver.

      2.0
      Apr 1, 2009

      Too much Politics

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's a smaller company environment where you are really cared for by your colleagues. Your opinion does matter as long as you stay out of the politics. Also, there is parking dedicated to the employees, which is great as it saves on the commute time and cost.

      Cons

      The qualifications of management should be quentioned, there are a lot of people who have worked at Dolby for a very long time. Management should think about bringing new blood in.Not willing to spend money on the right technologies.

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