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 3% 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 105 reviews)); "9/80 good work life balance" ((in 62 reviews)); "Good benefits designed towards long" ((in 61 reviews)); "Market Leader supplying to a lot of leading companies in the industry, innovative company with good pay." ((in 25 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)); "Continuous reorganization’s & layoffs." ((in 17 reviews)); "Upper management is becoming obsessed with change for change's sake." ((in 16 reviews)); "Little opportunity to continue in the company" ((in 8 reviews)); "a bit limited learning and growth opportunities" ((in 7 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

74% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Senior management

3.3

Career opportunities

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 17, 2012

Great Atmosphere

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Excellent Atmopshere. Great energy. Fantastic People!

Cons

Employee Sensitivity. Diffiicult to manage without stepping on people toes or offending others.

2.0

May 8, 2012

Once groundbreaking company treading water

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive salaries, expense coverage for company-supported efforts, passionate employees, relatively convenient location, open to increasing and supporting employee education, well respected technical legacy,

Cons

Lack of direction and focus from current leadership, inability to bring to fruition goals and inspire necessary action to achieve them. Words to increase productivity ring hollow when leadership is so lacking in bringing about next level of technical innovation to market. More interest in maintaining current status quo than making the hard decision to change leaders.

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.

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