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      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

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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
      1.0
      Oct 4, 2012

      Misguided management taking the company from bad to worse

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great technology, smart people, off-Fridays

      Cons

      No work life balance with management having no regard for weekends, vacation or Even sick leave. Negative, demotivating environment which appears to reward mediocrity and stifles creativity. Domineering self appointed CMO who does not have a clue about marketing and a woefully inexperienced leadership team who make one bad decision after another.

      2.0
      Apr 16, 2012

      Under-Resourced in a Culture driven by Criticism and Distrust.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Industry niche and company name recognition. Director level and below filled with good people who have great ideas, passion, commitment, execution and incredible self-sacrifice.

      Cons

      Self-Interest of paternalistic executives/senior leadership, who have a dismissive, condescending attitude towards the employees. High turnover/churn - people are treated as very disposable. Serious lack of work-life balance due to heavy workloads and resource constraints. Lots of internal pressure for the "next great product", plus infrastructure growing pains, plus re-orgs, plus churn, plus paternalistic leadership, make for a highly political, critical, and distrusting culture.

      3.0
      Mar 27, 2012

      Great people, environment in need of a jumpstart

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Dolby has great benefits and supportive teams. The people here re great and seem proud to work for this company.

      Cons

      There is a distinct lack of excitement, which is apparent since you'd expect a company that is well known for it's presence in the entertainment industry to be constantly engaging. Walk in the front door and there's nothing to indicate that we are an audio company.

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