Broadcom reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(6,355 total reviews)
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Hock E. Tan

60% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Broadcom has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 6,355 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
1.0
Jun 2, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good salary, when "golden handcuffs" (good stock-option plan) are taken into account - Looks good on a resume - If you can survive here, then you can anywhere

Cons

- Work atmosphere is un-human. People are treated as slaves. Long hours are just assumed. Taking your vacation is considered a privilege. - Bad management (they are almost exclusively former engineers) - Lots of not-nice people to deal with. Not very many people to learn from; looks like only incompetent people stayed and everyone who was any good left. (Those very few good people left, please don't feel offended when reading this.) Another group of people who stays is guys who were with the company for many years, possibly expecting severance package if they are laid off. - Poor code-base - Lack of documentation - Forget about specs, just code something - Development is done in constant fire-fighting mode and too much chaos

5.0
May 16, 2011

Great

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

it is a rather respectful environment, where one would be treated fair based on their performance. It is fairly diversified as well

Cons

I didn't work at the headquarter, which means the promotion scheme is ... Not that is bad, just not as easy as folks would otherwise have in the main quarter

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