Dolby reviews

If you're an engineer, you likely have it pretty good at Dolby. But the marketing organization is a mess. Since I've been here for ~3 years, marketing has had either poor leadership or none. After ousting the former (underperforming) CMO, they haven't hired a new one and current leaders do not have marketing expertise. Instead of hiring a CMO to help shape a new org, they bring in outside agency/consultants to size up the organizational issues and determine how to create efficient processes and implement them. It's been months of a slow downward spiral and many people are out looking for other opportunities. Bringing in outside consultants instead of using inside talent is commonplace. Many in marketing biz groups don't have the skills to do their jobs yet are rewarded, while others who are highly experienced/qualified are suppressed and instead, consultants are empowered to make decisions.

no clear direction from the executive team software experience is from the dark ages