Disappointing Experience - Software Engineer Dolby Employee Review

3.0
Jul 6, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Talented engineers - at least before the laid most of them off - 9/80 schedule

Cons

- Raises were pitiful, under current inflation for the last 3 years - Gave stocks instead of raises that never vested before company-wide layoffs - Laid off large groups of employees every 6 months or so. Literally no one is safe except for upper management - Seems to desperately trying to enter the SaaS market without a viable plan - Advancement & promotion difficult

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5.0
Jun 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Nice people and great work life balance

Cons

Antiquated business processes have made it difficult to enter into the modern era, often leading to spending time working on the wrong things.

4.0
Jun 27, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of freedom in choosing research topics

Cons

Too many meetings, but it may be just specific to the group I was in

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