PMC-Sierra Reviews

Current Employee – been working at PMC-Sierra full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – It would be hard to believe that there is a better company for college grads, especially ones interested in design work. If you show the ambition and capability, you get to work on very cool things at PMC. As an entry level product development engineer, I worked on design projects that I never had thought I could. My friends at Broadcom and Qualcomm are so envious of my work. Some asked me to help them get a job here.

Cons – We work very hard and long hours. Salary is good but could be better - one of my mentors tells me of extreme salary compression once you have worked here for many years.

Advice to Senior Management – I have worked here for almost 3 years. I noticed that our management is very conservative. They are afraid to take risks. Their bigger brother peers (Broadcom, Qualcomm, etc.) are heavily involved in consumer semiconductors. PMC chooses to stay away but I think our revenue suffers from this in a big way.

TAKE SOME CHANCES - we are really smart engineers!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at PMC-Sierra part-time for less than a year

Pros – 1.Chance to work at lower system levels.
2. Lot of opportunities to work in different technology.
3. Great lab facilities.
4. Nice people.

Cons – Nothing to mention yet for now.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at PMC-Sierra as an intern for less than a year

Pros – fast paced, growth, good people, make a difference everyday, small company

Cons – no health benefit program for working out, no toast masters club

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at PMC-Sierra full-time for more than a year

Pros – The best part of working at PMC is that's pretty small, so far as EDA companies go. It's easy to get exposed and work in many different sides of the business. People are hard-working and also, generally, open to opportunities for improving workflows. A great place for learning and growth. Good compensation.

Cons – Very political (esp. across geographies), some ways of doing things are not up to industry standards, having to use a hodge-podge of EDA tools that don't fit well together

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at PMC-Sierra

Pros – Excellent team. Great working environment.
Very good understanding manager.
Very High learning environment

Cons – Relatively a lower package compared to what other companies offer but is not really a con when you are liking the work you do.

Advice to Senior Management – Absolutely nothing. Great Management

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at PMC-Sierra

Pros – Highly technical
Get in with higher title and survive

Cons – No formal performance review.
Management keeps changing

Advice to Senior Management – Do long term strategic decisions

Current Employee – been working at PMC-Sierra

Pros – More responsibility is given based on ones interest, otherwise you were not considered. Basically if you are proactive then you are projected properly and lots of room to grow.

Cons – Not everyone can be proactive, if you are not you will not be given enough importance to grow. Which is very bad if one is not proactive. More driven by customers which should not be the criteria, rather have a strong product and attract the customers...

Advice to Senior Management – Please update standards of salaries as per the market.

Former Employee – worked at PMC-Sierra

Pros – Employment is stable, since their products are usually large contracts to other big companies. Work environment is not as competitive as other companies, everyone is friendly and mature. Managers are also understanding and lets you get t he work done. Not a lot of office politics, everyone is about getting a product out.

Cons – If you like a very competitive and high paying environment, then you should look for work in companies similar to Apple. The pay isn't as high as other companies because they are more relaxed.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at PMC-Sierra

Pros – Flexible work hours, able to telecommute

Cons – Poor management, too aggressive on deadline

Advice to Senior Management – Need to better understand the strength of their employee and put them into the right position so they can serve their ability better

Former Employee – worked at PMC-Sierra

Pros – PMC was not a good place to work in. Too much politics . Sr Management was pretty incompetent. Most of the good work was controlled by people in Burnaby

Cons – Too much politics
All the good work moved to Burnaby
Managers were bad at schedules.
Though smart engineers,good process etc

Advice to Senior Management – Don't concentrate all the work in Burnaby
Give competitive salaries
Middle managers need to be better at scheduling.
More foresight.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend