Is Dolby a good company to work for?

Dolby has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 891 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 103 reviews)); "Good benefits designed towards long" ((in 63 reviews)); "9/80 good work life balance" ((in 58 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 22 reviews))

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

"1) Salary is not competitive" ((in 22 reviews)); "Upper management is becoming obsessed with change for change's sake." ((in 16 reviews)); "Constant layoffs and no career opportunities." ((in 14 reviews)); "Fewer opportunities outside of San Francisco" ((in 7 reviews)); "favorism, politics, less growth, mundane" ((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

(707 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 707 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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707 reviews

5.0

May 22, 2022

Dolby

Software test engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good atmosphere, interesting projects. Good atmosphere, interesting projects.

Cons

Market wages have taken off

5.0

May 21, 2022

Senior engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great team and work environment

Cons

Risk averse and consensus driven

2.0

May 20, 2022

Very little room to grow / learn, Work is cyclical, Managers are unhelpful / rude

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Employee Benefits (average corporate) - Media industry gives exposure to some cool things

Cons

- Extreme lack of diversity (out of 12 execs at time 10 were white men and 1 white woman) , racism in terms of deciding career progression as well as overall treatment is common - Managers aren't understanding nor are they helpful in career development - Office politics hold more weight than actual performance - Work is cyclical and very dry with little room for cross functional work , requires almost 0 finance skills to be able to perform the tasks - Company doesn't have motivation to grow - they're happy with status quo - Compensation is less compared to other companies in market - Micromanagement is common throughout teams with little room for creativity or learning

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