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 2% 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 459 reviews)); "The working time is quite flexible.Compensation and benefits are good." ((in 328 reviews)); "Salary is good and competitive" ((in 309 reviews)); "The people I work with are great and the direct managers I worked with are approachable and willing to help." ((in 299 reviews)); "Good compensation is offered by the company and work in electronic city where rent is less" ((in 259 reviews))

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

"Frequent layoffs and reorgs." ((in 229 reviews)); "bad management and not that efficient." ((in 227 reviews)); "No job security and lay off people frequently" ((in 139 reviews)); "Even during Covid19 no work from home given and forcing employees to come to office." ((in 117 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

(6,368 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 6,368 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).

Reviews by job title

6K reviews

5.0

Dec 11, 2014

Broadcom has very good compensation and benefits and overall the best company that I have every worked for.

Principal engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Broadcom is a great place for career development. Work schedule is very flexible for good balance of personal and work life. Compensation and benefits are very good. People are friendly and professional. Broadcom appears to be a very ethical company.

Cons

None that I can think of.

4.0

Dec 10, 2014

Principle IC design

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people and work environment , you might do almost everything that you like

Cons

Too many politics at management levels, compensation numbers are pretty given per group/your rank and not always according to your efforts

2.0

Dec 10, 2014

Engineer I

Hardware engineer i

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Wide diversity in products, many interesting costumers

Cons

Their work life ballance policy is poor, their treatment of employees are poor, too profit oriented with no respect for the individual and if they shut down an office, as they did here in CPH, their treatment of resigned personell is extremely bad...

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Broadcom has very good compensation and benefits and overall the best company that I have every worked for.

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