Dolby reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(705 total reviews)
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Kevin J. Yeaman

73% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Dolby has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 705 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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705 reviews
1.0
Feb 21, 2015
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Pros

Some very good, cooperative people - mostly those that had been there under the former management (pre-Kevin Yaemon)

Cons

Inability to trust management at most levels. Short-term, finance driven planning by the CEO - exactly the opposite of what Ray Dolby did to build their success.

1.0
Feb 20, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

There is no any good reason to work in Dolby La. Very bad company, Baddest Management, Baddest colleague, Baddest environment:

Cons

1. Engineer in Dolby Lab very busy in Meeting. from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and then they leave every rush to take Bart or Train to go home 2. Engineer in Dolby Lab tell new comer everything have to ask s'one will help and they don't want you to ask, very conflict. 3. As I know every Laptop in Dolby Lab has the 'Watching' software. They can know what you are doing in real time 4. Some Manager using Meter Watch to monitor what you are doing and how long you working 5. Teaching very poor and want you to finish project in next two hours 6. Don't go to Dolby Lab - worst Management team

4.0
Oct 23, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

I've been at Dolby for almost seven years. While here, I've had tremendous growth opportunities: I've learned a ton from a variety of challenging projects across all areas of my field, and I've been able to advance my career. I really appreciate: - Working on a daily basis with highly intelligent, analytical, interesting people both within and outside my function. Respecting and learning from the people around me is super important to me. The interesting thing about Dolby is that many of these people tend to be humble as well. - The availability of challenging, worthwhile "problems" to solve - you can really make an impact here; the level of complexity can be frustrating at times, but for the most part guarantees you won't be bored or complacent - The leadership team's commitment to high quality and high integrity - we make high quality products, we take pride in solving difficult problems, and while I may not agree with every leadership decision I have never questioned whether leaders would "do the right thing" - In general, I think many people enjoy good work-life balance here and the off-Fridays are a great benefit

Cons

Many of our challenges are not unique to Dolby and include: Being a truly "global" company in which our non-US HQ regions are set up for success A leadership style and culture that is more "traditional" and "hierarchical" than many tech companies, although I see some evidence this is changing The difficulty of making real progress when multiple departments, systems, processes, and stakeholders are involved - change can be slow here at times with a lot of up-front buy-in required

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