Very little room to grow / learn, Work is cyclical, Managers are unhelpful / rude - Anonymous employee Dolby Employee Review

2.0
20 May 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

- Employee Benefits (average corporate) - Media industry gives exposure to some cool things

Cons

- Extreme lack of diversity (out of 12 execs at time 10 were white men and 1 white woman) , racism in terms of deciding career progression as well as overall treatment is common - Managers aren't understanding nor are they helpful in career development - Office politics hold more weight than actual performance - Work is cyclical and very dry with little room for cross functional work , requires almost 0 finance skills to be able to perform the tasks - Company doesn't have motivation to grow - they're happy with status quo - Compensation is less compared to other companies in market - Micromanagement is common throughout teams with little room for creativity or learning

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5.0
11 Jun 2026
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Pros

Nice people and great work life balance

Cons

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4.0
27 Jun 2026
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Pros

Lots of freedom in choosing research topics

Cons

Too many meetings, but it may be just specific to the group I was in

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