Dolby reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(707 total reviews)
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Kevin J. Yeaman

73% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

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
4.0
May 7, 2012

Great company to work for

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting place to work - good variety Clever people Still fairly small

Cons

Not so much of a family atmosphere since it floated, but understandable It struggles with being a large enterprise, so new staff and new VPs act like we're a 20,000 person organization instead of 1,800.

1.0
Aug 6, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- People are great and hardworking - 9/80 work week and great benefits - Brand

Cons

- Executive Leadership along all Functions/Department - Terrible infrastructure - NO communication - Getting promoted is who you know, not how competent you are

2.0
Feb 27, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Easy going people - 9/80 schedule - every other Friday is a day off - Reasonable compensation

Cons

- Too consensus oriented, no one challenges status quo - Lack of processes - Management is incompetent and inconsistent - goes 180 degrees on processes, strategies, deadlines - Recent SAP implementation was mismanages and let to a complete mess

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