Does Broadcom pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Broadcom employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Broadcom. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Broadcom?

51% of Broadcom employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Broadcom 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

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 451 reviews)); "The working time is quite flexible.Compensation and benefits are good." ((in 340 reviews)); "Stock price is good if you have a lot of them salary is about average." ((in 327 reviews)); "The people I work with are great and the direct managers I worked with are approachable and willing to help." ((in 295 reviews)); "Compensation was good but not notably better than my prior employers in the SF Bay Area." ((in 249 reviews))

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

"bad management and not that efficient." ((in 227 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and reorgs." ((in 225 reviews)); "No job security and lay off people frequently" ((in 141 reviews)); "No work from home and on call" ((in 114 reviews)); "Demoralising at times especially if you have a bad manager" ((in 89 reviews))

What are employees saying about Broadcom layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Broadcom layoffs and their outlook for job security at Broadcom in 2026.

Broadcom reviews

3.3

51% would recommend to a friend

(6,364 total reviews)

Hock E. Tan

61% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

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Broadcom has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 6,364 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Broadcom employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews

2.0

Oct 7, 2018

No $$ for R&D but shares the prosperity with employees

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Broadcom gives excellent bonuses now but not when I was there. I have heard numbers like 35% of salary!

Cons

Hock Tan does not believe in funding R&D projects for pursing new markets. His approach is to purchase companies that have significant market share and profit then cut most the staff and sustain the current product until it no longer makes enough of a profit to warrant keeping it. All hands meetings changed from topics like new products and road maps to topics like gross margin and whether your business group was above or below the line of doom of profitability. If your below the 50% margin line, good luck. Way to few doing way to much work. No IT and cut tool expenses to the bone.

3.0

Sep 6, 2018

Good place if in the right group, If not you only live quarter to quarter. No loyalty.

Ic design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stock and benefits are good while you are there Lots of quality people to work with

Cons

Requiring revenue growth each year or else layoffs is not a very great environment if you are in an under performing group. Constantly watching revenue each quarter to see if layoffs coming Hock wont let BUs try developing new tech unless there is a guaranteed ROI.

2.0

Sep 6, 2018

CA Security Doomed!

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Broadcom is a a great engineering company built by engineers and not programme managers.

Cons

Conditional Access Security is in turmoil since lot of high profile people have resigned now . The leadership/management of CA Security in UK is dumb technically and are not able able to cope with dynamic requirements of security. It is time that Broadcom restructure and remove inefficient and incompetent people otherwise competition will get an edge. The current leadership is good at managing a Pub or working at Retail shop and does not deserve working in a great engineering company like Broadcom. Another issue under the current management is that people at very high grades are doing trivial work here and not contributing what that level demands. Looks like it is heading towards ST micro which shut down its set top group and this will not be surprising.

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