Broadcom Principal Software Systems Engineer reviews

The new profit-is-everything mantra does not seem like it will be a positive for engineers. It is still very early on after acquisition by Avago, so we'll have to see how it plays out. Right now it seems like it will only be great for shareholders. Long work hours. Always in fire-fighting mode, so there isn't any time to learn new skills or even get to lower-priority nice-to-have tasks. There are not many young engineers, hiring is skewed toward more experienced engineers. Lack of new ideas coming into the company.

Strategic direction from the top was lacking or not followed through. The shutdown of the mobile business was not managed well. Signs post acquisition are one of cost, cost, cost. How this translates to our everyday activities is not yet clear, but the support side is clearly going to suffer which has the potential to result in decreased engineering productivity.