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      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

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      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
      May 23, 2011

      Unfortunate Turn of Events

      Dolby going the way of the dodo thanks to poor leadership
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - good compensation - Dolby generous with Holiday days, if you have time to take them - fun industry - good, hard - working, fun staff

      Cons

      - NO work/life balance - poor communication from Executive Management - losing site of industry trends - entire company works in silos with no cross synergies - bias across functions / no consistency - Dolby use to promote forward thinking, now becoming a "yes-man" culture - it seems execs are tailoring business to secure bonuses - SAP implementation was absolutely horrible, poor judgement of CIO and CFO to employ subpar consultant

      1.0
      Apr 30, 2011

      This company needs a Management refresh...

      Finance manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's been around forever, and will probably be around for a long time.

      Cons

      Not much excitement. Feels like every decision must be signed off by some secret process involving the Dolby family. The are many other companies to further your career.

      3.0
      Mar 4, 2011

      It's tIme for a much needed refresh

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Every second Friday off - Good compensation - Great work/life balance - Easy going, personable co-workers

      Cons

      - Windows based shop (clunky, slow, lots of red tape) - Painfully slow IT department - Design by committee. Politics, vs. results, is the over riding factor - Powerpoint based culture, that's way behind the curve. We do cool stuff, so let's act the part. We need more young people, with fresh ideas. Management / recruiters - it be wise to hire and empower the youth more here. Technology is young at heart.

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