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

Principal Systems Design Engineer professionals working at Broadcom have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 248 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 Systems Design Engineer Jobs at Broadcom now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Principal Systems Design Engineer interview questions at Broadcom .

Does Broadcom pay Principal Systems Design Engineer employees well?

Principal Systems Design Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Broadcom with 4.3 out of 5 stars based on 248 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.4% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Principal Systems 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 454 reviews)); "The working time is quite flexible.Compensation and benefits are good." ((in 339 reviews)); "Salary is good and competitive" ((in 312 reviews)); "The people I work with are great and the direct managers I worked with are approachable and willing to help." ((in 300 reviews)); "Compensation was good but not notably better than my prior employers in the SF Bay Area." ((in 252 reviews))

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

"Frequent layoffs and reorgs." ((in 224 reviews)); "bad management and not that efficient." ((in 223 reviews)); "No job security and lay off people frequently" ((in 141 reviews)); "Even during Covid19 no work from home given and forcing employees to come to office." ((in 114 reviews)); "Demoralising at times especially if you have a bad manager" ((in 89 reviews))

Broadcom Principal Systems Design Engineer reviews

3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(248 total reviews)

Hock E. Tan

86% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

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Principal Systems Design Engineer employees have rated Broadcom with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 248 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Systems Design Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Broadcom is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Systems Design Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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248 reviews

4.0

Mar 18, 2012

Generally a good place if you are willing to seek success on technical career path (& keep on it)

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Very (advanced) technical centric environment if you belong to a real R&D team (not AE/FAE) 2. In general high competence co-workers & polite mid-level Managers 3. Once decent pay (but declining...) 4. In general resourceful to help you complete your work

Cons

1. Declining rate of compensation is a too significant & can't see any plan (even excuse) from high managerment... 2. Differences (compensation, focal review...) between BU are huge and... opaque. 3. More and more bureacucy when it is already a big company with 13xxx employees

4.0

Feb 8, 2012

satisfied

Principal engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

fast paced environment. good tools and skill usage. okay compensation. projects change rapidly so lot of learning. international exposure due to multi site .

Cons

Annual review budgets are very constrained . This is the story every year. Stocks comp reducing every year. no Stock options

5.0

Jan 5, 2012

good

Principal engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good learning place and a lot of talented people

Cons

much pressure and much time

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