Is Broadcom a good company to work for as a Principal Design Engineer?

Principal Design Engineer professionals working at Broadcom have rated their employer with 4.9 out of 5 stars in 54 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Broadcom employees being 3.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Principal Design Engineer Jobs at Broadcom now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Principal Design Engineer interview questions at Broadcom .

Does Broadcom pay Principal Design Engineer employees well?

Principal Design Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Broadcom with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 54 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.4% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Principal Design Engineer salaries at Broadcom.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Broadcom?

Software Engineer (327) , Senior Software Engineer (162) , Principal Engineer (119) , Technical Support Engineer (117) , Principal Software Engineer (115) , Engineer (104) , Intern (93) , Staff Engineer (80) , Member Of Technical Staff (75) , Manager (63) , IC Design Engineer (55) , Director (51) , Staff Software Engineer (51) , Solutions Architect (49) , Test Engineer (46)

What are the pros of working at Broadcom according to real employee reviews?

"1. Overall CTC (Pay) is good (due to RSUs and ESPP option)" ((in 442 reviews)); "The working time is quite flexible.Compensation and benefits are good." ((in 337 reviews)); "Stock price is good if you have a lot of them salary is about average." ((in 318 reviews)); "The people I work with are great and the direct managers I worked with are approachable and willing to help." ((in 304 reviews)); "Compensation was good but not notably better than my prior employers in the SF Bay Area." ((in 245 reviews))

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

"Frequent layoffs and reorgs." ((in 231 reviews)); "bad management and not that efficient." ((in 230 reviews)); "No job security and lay off people frequently" ((in 136 reviews)); "Even during Covid19 no work from home given and forcing employees to come to office." ((in 118 reviews)); "Demoralising at times especially if you have a bad manager" ((in 87 reviews))

Broadcom Principal Design Engineer reviews

4.9

99% would recommend to a friend

(54 total reviews)

Hock E. Tan

100% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

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Principal Design Engineer employees have rated Broadcom with 4.9 out of 5 stars, based on 54 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Design Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Broadcom is rated 42% above average by Principal Design Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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54 reviews

5.0

Nov 13, 2016

Excellent growing company

Principal ic design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very talented team, great work. Good compensation. Overall I am enjoying being part of this awesome company from last few years.

Cons

Less engineers more work, little hard on work life balance sometimes. Multiple small remote sites makes collaboration a little challenging sometimes.

4.0

Nov 12, 2016

Senior Principal Design engineer

Senior principal design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good technology , challenging work , diverse work

Cons

Heavy cost-cutting , job insecure

3.0

Nov 10, 2016

Stock options were great back then

Principal ic design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

401k matching of 6% of base salary, annual bonus of up to 25%, really not many other pros to speak of

Cons

Too many layoff lately, no vacation, management too focused on merger n acquisition, health plan are not very attractive, morale does not feel high

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