Broadcom Reviews in San Jose, CA Area

Pros

very Good and sound engineers with 70% phd holders

Cons

Late night stays and no diverse work culture.

Advice to Senior Management

Can increase diversity at work.

Pros

Good work will be recognized. Work pressure is OK. Management is accountable. Benefit is OK compare to peers. Good office location.

Cons

Not a diversify working environment. Higher level management lack of vision. Slow decision, constantly changing project schedule. A lot of politics.

Pros

good exposure to technology
avg compensation
stock options
good espp

Cons

still operates like a small company with out any structure

Pros

Great products and great engineering team that make the impossible possible. Benefits are very good and employee friendly. Unlimited vacation.

Cons

Too many groups within business units act separately. Not much negative actually don't have twenty words, it's a great company.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire agressively and on time to deliver the products to the customers in time. Overall doing a great job.

Pros

good compensation which are in line or above market
good benefits with great health coverage and low salary deductions
fly biz class on trips
corporate credit card so you never have to pay your own expenses

Cons

will aggressively recruit you and tell you what you want to hear to get you in
too many "senior execs" who do nothing but push you and go to meetings
a culture of "i'll talk to you because i need something" and border line college hazing before you get any respect
their ESPP purchase and 401k wealth management firm is horrible and confusing
they let you fly business, but as soon as a cheaper fare is found, you have to take it, even a few nights before your trip and it greatly affects the time you leave and the layover time (from no layover to a 4 hour layover!)
no career path movement and growth - do what we tell you

Advice to Senior Management

spend more time to do what HR is supposed to do ... support the workers and make sure employees concerns are heard and recognized

Pros

fast paced environment. good tools and skill usage. okay compensation. projects change rapidly so lot of learning. international exposure due to multi site .

Cons

Annual review budgets are very constrained . This is the story every year. Stocks comp reducing every year. no Stock options

Advice to Senior Management

transparent reviews
provide opportunity for advancement
hire from within than go out for skill
have project at one site
dont split project

Pros

Opportunities to work with some very smart people and learn cutting edge technologies.

Cons

Sometimes it feels like a cluster of small companies. Your experience may vary significantly from group to group. Internal transfer discouraged.

Advice to Senior Management

Fewer management layers would be better. Grant more stocks to engineers based on performance.

Pros

knowledgeable enginners, ok compensation, and salary

Cons

hard to get promoted, poor life work balance

Advice to Senior Management

give more opprotunity for advancement

Pros

Good pay, cutting edge technology, challenging projects

Cons

Engineering language is not English but Chinese

Advice to Senior Management

Make Broadcom an American company again

Pros

Good place to improve technical skills
Co-workers are pro-active and hence better work turnaround

Cons

Senior management is confused about employee career management, out of desperation make decision which is having negative impact on employee morale