Broadcom Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(238 total reviews)
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Hock E. Tan

85% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Principal Engineer Software Development employees have rated Broadcom with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 238 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Engineer Software Development professionals have a good working experience there. Broadcom is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Engineer Software Development professionals compared to other employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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238 reviews
4.0
Jun 20, 2015
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Pros

Run by engineers, healthy percent of profit directed back to R&D, founders involved day to day operation, wonderful family day, amazing yearly technical conference. Engineers feel like hero's.

Cons

Remote sites treated like second class citizens. Huge concern about future under Avago - all the Pros in this review are in jeopardy.

2.0
Jun 17, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great coworkers, and colleagues Very sharp team, and focused on execution Immediate management is very capable

Cons

Senior management doesn't care about employees. And with Avago buying us, it will be even worse. For a CTO that is suppose to represent the collective engineering mindset, it's a huge discouragement when in all hands meetings, he repeatedly says we need to review our engineering staff and ensure we "curb engineering inflation. Come on, we're all engineers and not stupid. just say what you mean. You think U.S. employees are paid too much, and you want to reduce our compensation package and shift as much work overseas as possible. Calling this "curbing engineering inflation" is just insulting.

4.0
Jun 16, 2015

Great company, while it lasted

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Pros

Some of the brightest engineers in the industry, who are given the opportunity to do things right. Compensation is on par with other companies.

Cons

Acquired by Avago. Looking at their track record, this likely means Broadcom will no longer be about being best in class but about cutting costs and increasing shareholder value at the expense of employees and customers.

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