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).

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706 reviews

4.0

Aug 19, 2018

TBD

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to work for

Cons

Not a lot of organization in Marketing org

3.0

Jan 5, 2018

Marketing

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great technology - Products wow people Good pay, benefits 9/80 work week (can turns into a WFH day) Friendly, caring people (mostly) Lots of "built in" revenue from core audio business Very ambitious and patient pursuing new business opportunities

Cons

Organizational structure and decision processes make it hard to get things done and inhibit initiative Lots of challenges growing new businesses Many VPs are most interested in protecting fiefdoms and pet initiatives that do not help the business Remote work strongly discouraged Lack of transparency, passive aggressive behavior

3.0

Dec 18, 2017

Not a good paying company

Senior applications engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work is amazing. Leader in audio and soon will be the leader in video technologies. I love what I do here. Really smart people to work with. I always wonder why many of employees have been staying here for ~12 years. They are like me i.e quality of work.

Cons

Compensation wise not a good place to be at. HR people think that they pay as per the market rate but it is not true at all. However in this competitive market, it wont work. Many employees leave for a year or so and come back to work here and get a good pay raise. Best strategy to get best buck for the hardwork.

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