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 5% 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 106 reviews)); "9/80 good work life balance" ((in 65 reviews)); "good benefit health insurance bonus" ((in 62 reviews)); "Market Leader supplying to a lot of leading companies in the industry, innovative company with good pay." ((in 28 reviews)); "great teams to work with" ((in 23 reviews))

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

"1) Salary is not competitive" ((in 21 reviews)); "Continuous reorganization’s & layoffs." ((in 16 reviews)); "Upper management is becoming obsessed with change for change's sake." ((in 15 reviews)); "favorism, politics, less growth, mundane" ((in 7 reviews)); "Little opportunity to continue in the company" ((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).

Reviews by job title

706 reviews

5.0

Apr 24, 2024

Place to Consider

Sr. information developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They greatly support work-life balance.

Cons

It differs for every employee.

5.0

Apr 24, 2024

Mission Driven, Questionable Missions

Cloud software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Intelligent coworkers and expectations are fair.

Cons

Questionable goal-setting and somewhat alienating.

3.0

Apr 24, 2024

Interesting job and good career start

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Interesting job with challenges * Flexible hours * Well known name for CV * Good culture with smart colleagues (engineering level only) * Great package * Great office (even though rather empty post-covid)

Cons

* Flexible hours (easy to work overtime on evenings or weekend if you don't put your limits) * Execs are useless and don't really know the product * Entire divisions can be scrapped at any time * Slow reaction to market with too much inertia * Periodic reorg with big layoff (multiple per year)

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