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

Principal Software Development Engineer professionals working at Broadcom have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 238 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Broadcom employees being 3.3 out of 5 stars. Search open Principal Software Development Engineer Jobs at Broadcom now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Principal Software Development Engineer interview questions at Broadcom .

Does Broadcom pay Principal Software Development Engineer employees well?

Principal Software Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Broadcom with 4.3 out of 5 stars based on 238 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.4% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Principal Software Development 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 458 reviews)); "Salary is good and competitive" ((in 327 reviews)); "The working time is quite flexible.Compensation and benefits are good." ((in 325 reviews)); "The people I work with are great and the direct managers I worked with are approachable and willing to help." ((in 290 reviews)); "Good compensation is offered by the company and work in electronic city where rent is less" ((in 249 reviews))

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

"Frequent layoffs and reorgs." ((in 228 reviews)); "bad management and not that efficient." ((in 226 reviews)); "No job security and lay off people frequently" ((in 137 reviews)); "No work from home and flexibility" ((in 112 reviews)); "Demoralising at times especially if you have a bad manager" ((in 85 reviews))

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Broadcom Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(238 total reviews)

Hock E. Tan

85% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

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4.3

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Work/Life balance

2.8

Culture & values

2.8

Diversity & inclusion

2.8

Senior management

2.8

Career opportunities

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

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238 reviews

4.0

Oct 11, 2013

Positive Experience

Principal software engineer

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Pros

Very good technology, very vibrant culture

Cons

Lack of process in mobile software group

3.0

Sep 28, 2013

Experience at Broadcom over the years

Principal engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

Advance Technology Experience at Broadcom over the years

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Limited career growth opportunities at Broadcom over the years

2.0

Aug 17, 2013

Dear Software Colleague: Your job description at Broadcom

Principal software engineer

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Pros

Does the following sound like you? * Like writing code in a fast pace, yet laid back atmosphere * Understand intuitively that software process is over-rated * Appreciate that the very best way to do unit testing is during system integration. *Still learning programming but believe that any language invented after C is will never work and is unnecessary. *Think its awesome that so many of your colleges are hardware engineers - trying their hand at writing product code.

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Broadcom is a hardware company - that now finds itself with a large and growing software problem. If you know software then you know that building a software system with 200K lines of code is much much different than building 20 systems that are 10K lines each. It's like trying to build a modern sky scraper when you've only built garden sheds.

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