Broadcom Reviews in Sunnyvale, CA

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

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

Company is innovative, fast-paced. Can work on new things and meet some of the most talented engineers in industry in Bay Area.

Cons

too much over-time. Have to work weekends too. constant job pressure is very common and projects have to be finished very quickly.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire better managers. Some managers are not very technical and make very bad decisions. Also need enginners to evaluate their managers and get rid of the ones that do not perform.

Pros

one person can do a lot of technical things. Salary is good. Stock reward was pretty good (but getting much less year by year). if you're in good team with good manager, a best place. If you're in a bad team or work for a dirt-hearted manager, change the job if possible.

Cons

performance review and promotion is so unfair, things are in black box, this is purely depending on the managers who are trustable or not.
more and more politics are being added to slow down the growth.

Advice to Senior Management

reduce the useless no contribution managers/directors/vp.

Pros

Dynamic working environment
Engineering and management teams are elegant

Cons

Executive management teams are still finding a way to transition from a middle size to a large scale company

Pros

my manager is nice
maybe pay is good compared to othe semiconductors

Cons

not working on latest technology, very tough to compete with top of the market

Advice to Senior Management

better direction

Pros

Very smart people to work with

Cons

No family time and very little vacation time

Advice to Senior Management

Plan better to prevent firedrills

Pros

Diversified, great work environment. Good work facilities and locations.

Cons

Very fast paced. Aggressive work schedule.

Advice to Senior Management

Look to improve work loading and facilities management for co-locating lab and work spaces for employees within same group.

Pros

Very good exposure. Nice place to be in for an Intern.

Cons

You might not get a full-time job offer here.

Advice to Senior Management

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