Dolby Staff Programmer Analyst reviews

3.2

35% would recommend to a friend

(21 total reviews)
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Kevin J. Yeaman

25% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Staff Programmer/Analyst employees have rated Dolby with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 21 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Staff Programmer/Analyst professionals have a good working experience there. Dolby is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Staff Programmer/Analyst professionals compared to other employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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21 reviews
4.0
Feb 5, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work life balance with a very open schedule (great for achievers, bad for most). Good pay and good benefits. Good innovation in some groups.

Cons

No accountability on results (written defined goals are not even mandatory...) and long projects timelines which led some people to become very complacent as they know there is very little risk of being fired and they can drag things much longer than it should. Too many decision makers with contradictory agendas at upper management level. Quite a bit of politics. Reward is based more on team results than personal results which is wrong for achievers as they being dragged down (back to the lack of personal accountability).

1.0
Aug 24, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

9/80. It doesn't suck. Somewhat interesting technology.

Cons

Terrible politics Brown nosing seems to get you ahead here. Very poor long term growth prospects. No strong leadership. They have a corporate shakeout every few years, so I don't expect the current crop of VP's to last very long.

3.0
Dec 20, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work life balance. Very smart, talented and interesting people. Great atmosphere.

Cons

Slowly Sinking ship. Next Kodak. Still good for early career or cruise mode to retirement. Don't recommend for mid career.

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