Dolby reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(707 total reviews)
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Kevin J. Yeaman

74% 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
3.0
Oct 27, 2014

Good company

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Pros

The company has a good benefits package to offer. 9/80 schedule is a plus.

Cons

Some managers need people skills training.

4.0
Oct 23, 2014
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Pros

I've been at Dolby for almost seven years. While here, I've had tremendous growth opportunities: I've learned a ton from a variety of challenging projects across all areas of my field, and I've been able to advance my career. I really appreciate: - Working on a daily basis with highly intelligent, analytical, interesting people both within and outside my function. Respecting and learning from the people around me is super important to me. The interesting thing about Dolby is that many of these people tend to be humble as well. - The availability of challenging, worthwhile "problems" to solve - you can really make an impact here; the level of complexity can be frustrating at times, but for the most part guarantees you won't be bored or complacent - The leadership team's commitment to high quality and high integrity - we make high quality products, we take pride in solving difficult problems, and while I may not agree with every leadership decision I have never questioned whether leaders would "do the right thing" - In general, I think many people enjoy good work-life balance here and the off-Fridays are a great benefit

Cons

Many of our challenges are not unique to Dolby and include: Being a truly "global" company in which our non-US HQ regions are set up for success A leadership style and culture that is more "traditional" and "hierarchical" than many tech companies, although I see some evidence this is changing The difficulty of making real progress when multiple departments, systems, processes, and stakeholders are involved - change can be slow here at times with a lot of up-front buy-in required

4.0
Oct 20, 2014

Nice building and benefits

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Pros

Everyone is nice and location is great for the city

Cons

Very dry work, long projects with no real interesting things

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