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 453 reviews)); "The working time is quite flexible.Compensation and benefits are good." ((in 345 reviews)); "The people I work with are great and the direct managers I worked with are approachable and willing to help." ((in 303 reviews)); "Stock price is good if you have a lot of them salary is about average." ((in 301 reviews)); "Good compensation is offered by the company and work in electronic city where rent is less" ((in 255 reviews))

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

"Frequent layoffs and reorgs." ((in 226 reviews)); "bad management and not that efficient." ((in 224 reviews)); "No job security and lay off people frequently" ((in 143 reviews)); "Even during Covid19 no work from home given and forcing employees to come to office." ((in 110 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

(6,366 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 6,366 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

4.0

Jun 29, 2014

Best work culture one can ever experience in his/her professional career.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Great work. 2. No politics. 3. High responsibilities to complete on time. 4. No defined working hours. Work until you have work to do or can leave.

Cons

Very few. 1. May not be completely startup types where you get loads of work, and to do it from scratch.

4.0

Jun 25, 2014

Great place to work

Ic design engineer, staff ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Self-motivated, hard-working engineers focused at delivering cutting-edge products in the low to high end cellular baseband division

Cons

Working with people in different locations on different time-zones can be tricky and very stressful at times. You need to be flexible about your work hours at times.

3.0

Jun 25, 2014

good engineers but incompetent marketing and biz dev. people. murky hiring practices.

Principal software ingineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good engineers, (mostly), they can pay you are willing to sacrifice your personal life.

Cons

enormous pressure on s/w engineers to get those damn chips to work, too many chips to support. they have very few competent marketing people.

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Best work culture one can ever experience in his/her professional career.

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