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Updated Aug 8, 2023

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Found 206 of over 223 reviews
4.4
69% Recommend to a Friend
PMC-Sierra Director, President, and CEO Gregory S. (Greg) Lang
71% Approve of CEO

Found 206 of over 223 reviews

4.4
69%
Recommend to a Friend
71%
Approve of CEO
PMC-Sierra Director, President, and CEO Gregory S. (Greg) Lang
Gregory S. (Greg) Lang
80 Ratings

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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment

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Pros
  • "Good people to work with and learn from(in 21 reviews)
  • "Good salary and publicly known.(in 13 reviews)
  • "Benefits were good.(in 11 reviews)
  • "Work life balance was good.(in 9 reviews)
  • "young and bright staff, very talented and committed team(in 8 reviews)
Cons
  • "Sierra India is goal of local management to ensure their own survival.(in 11 reviews)
  • "Morale is terrible due to unexciting work and frequent layoffs.(in 10 reviews)
  • "Too many managers and paper pushers have made all the good engineers run away.Office Politics and back stabbing at its peak.(in 8 reviews)
  • "We work very hard and long hours.(in 5 reviews)
  • "Slow in career development and limited career opportunities(in 3 reviews)

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    1. 5.0
      Feb 26, 2023
      Administrative Assistant
      Former Employee
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good employer. Good hours and pay

      Cons

      Nothing negative. Could have paid more

      1. 4.0
        Apr 26, 2023
        Verification Engineer
        Former Employee
        Santa Clara, CA
        Recommend
        CEO Approval
        Business Outlook

        Pros

        Good people to work with

        Cons

        The building is getting old

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        1. 5.0
          Dec 29, 2021
          Anonymous Employee
          Former Employee
          Recommend
          CEO Approval
          Business Outlook

          Pros

          good schedule, a lot of good manager

          Cons

          benefits were not that great

          1. 4.0
            Oct 14, 2021
            Valet Attendant
            Former Employee, more than 1 year
            Fort Myers, FL
            Recommend
            CEO Approval
            Business Outlook

            Pros

            Fresh air outside Talk to variety of people

            Cons

            Customers can be rude and think they own you

            1. 5.0
              Aug 3, 2021
              Bank Teller
              Current Employee
              Needham, MA
              Recommend
              CEO Approval
              Business Outlook

              Pros

              Friendly people to work with

              Cons

              The benefits aren’t the best

              1. 4.0
                Apr 27, 2021
                Registered Nurse
                Current Employee
                El Paso, TX
                Recommend
                CEO Approval
                Business Outlook

                Pros

                The teamwork is great and everyone is willing to help.

                Cons

                The nurse to patient ratio are a lot

                1. 5.0
                  Apr 26, 2021
                  Field Service Technician
                  Current Employee
                  Westford, MA
                  Recommend
                  CEO Approval
                  Business Outlook

                  Pros

                  You have a lot of freedom

                  Cons

                  A Log hours day and short pay

                  1. 3.0
                    Apr 15, 2021
                    Product Engineer
                    Former Employee, more than 5 years
                    Recommend
                    CEO Approval
                    Business Outlook

                    Pros

                    challenging work, good benefits, good people

                    Cons

                    work stress, work life balance

                    1. 5.0
                      Feb 16, 2013
                      Product Development Engineer
                      Current Employee, more than 3 years
                      Chicago, IL
                      Recommend
                      CEO Approval
                      Business Outlook

                      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.

                      1. 2.0
                        Aug 21, 2010
                        Engineer
                        Current Employee
                        Santa Clara, CA
                        Recommend
                        CEO Approval
                        Business Outlook

                        Pros

                        Friendly people, willing to talk face to face. Technical experts willing to share with others. Doing technically challenging work, sometimes leading edge. Very good quality standards, and eager to maintain good customer relationships.

                        Cons

                        R&D design team does not respect other groups,rejects new ideas or approaches. There is no good sense of discipline, with frequent schedule slips. Designers mess up key features with no consequences. Dysfunctional behavior: confrontations, put downs, yelling in meetings or e-mails; but these disappear when talking face to face. A lot of churning through procedures and red-tape. Layoffs occur frequently, with no good reasons why. Very top heavy with management. International company but very Canadian centric, not open to other ideas or cultures.

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                      PMC-Sierra has an overall rating of 4.4 out of 5, based on over 223 reviews left anonymously by employees. 69% of employees would recommend working at PMC-Sierra to a friend and 56% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 6% over the last 12 months.

                      According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, PMC-Sierra employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at PMC-Sierra. This rating has improved by 19% over the last 12 months.

                      69% of PMC-Sierra employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated PMC-Sierra 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.2 for career opportunities.

                      According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at PMC-Sierra to be culture, benefits, career development and the cons to be senior leadership, management.

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