Broadcom reviews

3.3

51% would recommend to a friend

(6,366 total reviews)
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Hock E. Tan

61% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Broadcom has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 6,366 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
Jun 1, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most of the people you'll work with are smart. Lots of hiring has been going on recently in an attempt to properly staff some projects that have been understaffed for months or years.

Cons

Everything about this company is on the decline. Compensation, especially stock compensation, has fallen dramatically, both for new hires and for retention grants with existing employees. The quality of the cafe food and IT support has been declining, the number of social engagements with other employees has been cut to zero (not even a formal holiday party last year), and this is all concurrent with a rising number of projects and customer commitments. Those who have been there are trying to find their way out and the new ones coming in don't have a good reference point for how good this company used to be.

1.0
Apr 1, 2010

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Gives the freedom to work on new technologies.

Cons

Poor managerial talent kills the the drive to work there. Managers are more worried about their glass ceilings than the employees, and indulge in too much politics.

2.0
Nov 8, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Challenging work environment. Very talented group of engineers to work with. Good salary and benefits.

Cons

Overly aggressive project schedules. So aggressive that the balance between work and home life is frequently not in balance. 10 hour work days and weekends is common, topped off by constantly being told by management that you are not meeting deadlines; deadlines created by management that were known to be unreasonable in the first place. Also, when you have an entire team of engineers that are reccommending solutions to serious problems, and those reccomendations are frequently dismissed and ignored by management, you know you have a serious management problem.

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