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 109 reviews)); "9/80 good work life balance" ((in 62 reviews)); "Good benefits designed towards long" ((in 57 reviews)); "Market Leader supplying to a lot of leading companies in the industry, innovative company with good pay." ((in 30 reviews)); "great teams to work with" ((in 19 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Dolby according to real employee reviews?

"1) Salary is not competitive" ((in 24 reviews)); "Upper management is becoming obsessed with change for change's sake." ((in 15 reviews)); "Continuous reorganization’s & layoffs." ((in 15 reviews)); "Slow paced and not much new opportunities to learn" ((in 8 reviews)); "favorism, politics, less growth, mundane" ((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

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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

Sep 22, 2009

Dolby NOT best 100 places to work

Sf worker

Recommend

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Pros

Solid benefits and stock. Good work life balance. Incredibly talented engineers. Ray Dolby was way ahead of his time and built a solid company that is always a leader in whatever technology they pursue.

Cons

Current executive team is not communicating with employees and is not considering employees their most important asset. Politics now colors every conversation and the culture is changing to a very aggressive cut throat environment.

2.0

Apr 1, 2009

Too much Politics

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It's a smaller company environment where you are really cared for by your colleagues. Your opinion does matter as long as you stay out of the politics. Also, there is parking dedicated to the employees, which is great as it saves on the commute time and cost.

Cons

The qualifications of management should be quentioned, there are a lot of people who have worked at Dolby for a very long time. Management should think about bringing new blood in.Not willing to spend money on the right technologies.

4.0

Feb 9, 2009

Dolby has a great culture, outstanding business with bright, creative people.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great academic culture and outstanding people especially if you enjoy technical work. Solid business model(s), no debt, excellent corporate performance even in a difficult economy.

Cons

Some paradigm paralysis due to the long running success. This is evident in some markets where Dolby is traditionally a leader, but is loosing ground to new players. Technical experts are promoted to management positions that do not have broad backgrounds to be well rounded managers. Traditional, Conservative business approach at the senior management level.

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