Broadcom reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(6,349 total reviews)
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Hock E. Tan

61% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Broadcom has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 6,349 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
Feb 11, 2016

Goodbye Once Great American-Built Company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Broadcom (Classic), now Broadcom Limited after the Avago acquisition, was a great place to work as an IT member. Employee-centric programs and onsite benefits rivaled (some) of those at Google. Workload was very heavy, but management was always open to flex schedules and telecommuting, so it balanced out very nicely. My road commute was about an hour in HEAVY traffic, but it was all worth it. Fare thee well Broadcom (Classic).

Cons

Broadcom Limited is now an offshore tech company run by accountants that outsource anything possible in order to maintain shareholder equity. Big picture, as a shareholder, thats what you want. Small picture from the employee perspective (multiplied by the number of employees steamrolled), this is another example of sweatshop politics.

4.0
Jun 3, 2016
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Pros

Broadcom Inc., before the merge with Arago, was used to be a employee friendly company. The job is relatively stable. The company's benefit and compensation is competitive in the industry. Many of the senior engineers have been working in Broadcom for more than 12 years. The company was good for the experienced middle age engineer who needs to raise a family and stable income.

Cons

Unfortunately, after merged with Avago, the company has been converted to a cost-down oriented company where the employees are disposable. The new president, Hack Tan, is a typical business man who is not interested in investing any risky high tech R&D. He is good at pleasing the stock holders and the investors. In the short term, Broadcom's stock will keep rising. In the long run, it will become a manufacture company, similar to Foxconn.

2.0
Feb 11, 2024
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Pros

If you can stand it long enough to vest RSUs, you'll make some cash.

Cons

Leadership literally says in All Hands meeting that the only thing that matters is the stock price, that they don't give good benefits because they use RSUs instead, and that employees having children shouldn't expect "special treatment" in the form of parental leave because they can just pay for it from their salary. I've never worked for a company that was so actively hostile toward its employees. Also, HR is non-existent. Got a problem with your paycheck? Don't expect anyone to answer your email or call about it for a month, if then. This place is a joke. But hey, if you're young and single and healthy and want to make a bunch of cash from stocks, and don't care about your fellow employees, go nuts.

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