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 4% 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 107 reviews)); "9/80 good work life balance" ((in 64 reviews)); "Good benefits designed towards long" ((in 56 reviews)); "Market Leader supplying to a lot of leading companies in the industry, innovative company with good pay." ((in 26 reviews)); "So fun! Great teams and colleagues!" ((in 21 reviews))

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

"1) Salary is not competitive" ((in 24 reviews)); "Upper management is becoming obsessed with change for change's sake." ((in 16 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs" ((in 14 reviews)); "Little opportunity to continue in the company" ((in 8 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

(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

Oct 10, 2022

A mixed review- good but trending bad

Senior scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice environment. Amenable to remote or hybrid. A lot of good, smart, collaborative people, but sadly that is changing with attrition and layoffs.

Cons

Salaries are somewhat lower than comps. Technology leadership is slow and undecisive, without being informed by tight relationships with business needs. Becoming more corporate and bureaucratic. With new tech leadership there are several rounds of recent layoffs, which seem to target very good people and leave those remaining wondering about rhyme or reason.

3.0

Sep 24, 2022

Staff Software Engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Relaxed culture, freedom to work at own pace, 9/80 work schedule.

Cons

- Lately seems to be run by accountants. - Does not pays at par with other companies in space - Political - Code quality is subpar

2.0

Sep 21, 2022

I wouldn't recommend Dolby at this time

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Every other Friday off Contribute to an exciting industry and technology

Cons

Leadership is really poor Company culture is lackluster Commitment to diversity is lagging General lack of focus and project management

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