Is Dolby a good company to work for?

Dolby has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 888 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 103 reviews)); "9/80 good work life balance" ((in 63 reviews)); "Good benefits designed towards long" ((in 63 reviews)); "Market Leader supplying to a lot of leading companies in the industry, innovative company with good pay." ((in 22 reviews)); "great teams to work with" ((in 20 reviews))

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

"1) Salary is not competitive" ((in 22 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs" ((in 16 reviews)); "Upper management is becoming obsessed with change for change's sake." ((in 15 reviews)); "Fewer opportunities outside of San Francisco" ((in 7 reviews)); "favorism, politics, less growth, mundane" ((in 7 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

(705 total reviews)

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

5.0

Mar 29, 2022

Amazing work culture

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

This company has the best work life balance. Everyone is friendly and the PTO system is great.

Cons

Salary not as competitive as big tech companies

3.0

Jul 7, 2021

Good Intentions.,,,, but Need Help with Operations

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great concepts, business model of IP licensing, good HR ideas, full on effort in the diversity and inclusion areas (must have been problematic previously, since they seem to be going overboard now), decent pay, good equipment, mostly nice people.

Cons

High turnover in a company that relies heavily on institutional knowlege. .(meaning systes are not so well designed that it's easy to step in and know what to do and how things work)..This means it can be disorganized with a lot of confused processes and people. This is common in a lot of big tech companies that rely on their brand, products, and IP and let the rest slide, resulting in gross operational inefficiencies. the Dolby team needs to work better together, and maybe that means better leadership on the field rather that at the top... and to get that, they need to compensate and reward better leadership on the lower ranks.

1.0

Jun 29, 2021

engineering company that doesn't recognize management as a function

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

fun perqs, friendly colleagues, lots of beautiful nerds

Cons

old boys network, poor management discipline, bad habit of reorging every 2 years at least, bad case of "we've always done it this way before"

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