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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

      Ratings by category

      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 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
      2.0
      Feb 14, 2010

      Sound Off on Dolby

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Dolby Laboratories in one is very low-profile company that has an inspiring founder. This is one of the oldest companies in a technology field located in the heart of San Francisco. The company also has a manufacturing facility in Brisbane on the Peninsula. The company has a hand in the film industry and has the most renown for this; its technology has also been adopted as a standard in communications and most consumer electronics.

      Cons

      The company does not effectively create an environment that provides work-life balance for employees. Many salaried employees worked non-stop, over weekends and holidays with long overtime hours during the period when the company went through IPO. Neither does the organization pro-actively provide opportunities for employees to grow.

      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.

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