Is Dolby a good company to work for?

Dolby has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 890 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 4% 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 107 reviews)); "good benefit health insurance bonus" ((in 66 reviews)); "9/80 good work life balance" ((in 61 reviews)); "Market Leader supplying to a lot of leading companies in the industry, innovative company with good pay." ((in 23 reviews)); "great teams to work with" ((in 22 reviews))

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

"1) Salary is not competitive" ((in 20 reviews)); "Constant layoffs and no career opportunities." ((in 16 reviews)); "Upper management is becoming obsessed with change for change's sake." ((in 14 reviews)); "a bit limited learning and growth opportunities" ((in 6 reviews)); "Fewer opportunities outside of San Francisco" ((in 6 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

Dolby reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(706 total reviews)

Kevin J. Yeaman

73% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

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Dolby has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 706 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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706 reviews

4.0

Jul 13, 2016

Staff Researcher

Staff researcher

Recommend

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Pros

Innovation, travel compensation, nice people, a good balance between work and family

Cons

Narrow, conservative, slow to push forward new technology and product

5.0

Jun 9, 2016

An exciting technology company in Sydney with growing R&D opportunities

Platform manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The breadth of opportunity across cutting edge technology in sound and now vision, the incredible talent from star researchers to driven product innovation specialists, and all round great engineering, also a positive and supportive culture. This is a growing company with a solid background, and over 50 years' history of transformational technology innovation and reinvention.

Cons

The functional diversity in the Sydney office could be a bit greater, with minimal business oriented functions here, however the daily close collaborative practice with other offices that have people working in these roles makes up for this gap.

3.0

Jan 26, 2016

Good company but slow to react

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very ethical and focused on long term customer relations. Salaries good and most benefit from working pattern that includes every other Friday off.

Cons

Very conservative and slow to make decisions; very centralised decision making in San Fran Cisco making it difficult to get things done in the rest of the World.

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