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      Broadcom reviews

      3.3

      51% would recommend to a friend

      (6,365 total reviews)
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      Hock E. Tan

      61% approve of CEO

      67% positive business outlook

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      Broadcom has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 6,365 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 Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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      6K reviews
      3.0
      Feb 28, 2019

      Above average yet typical big hardware company

      Staff engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits. If you're in a high-performing division in a given year, a great bonus. Money was not liberally given for projects, yet it did seem to be spent on the most important things to my actual work (computer, software.). People are smart and hard-working.

      Cons

      The focus is more on financial engineering than bold technical innovation. The main strategy by management is to buy other companies with established niches, and keep improving the received products until the market has dried up, then repeat. Their is no room for home-grown new products or bold new directions. This can make being an engineer feel humdrum by its constraints. Also there is relentless cost reduction, where basically everyone everywhere is working harder each year, with continual periodic layoffs.

      4.0
      Oct 27, 2018

      Save for the "Security Team", a decent place to work...

      Senior principal engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. Good RSU and Bonus Program - Company tries really hard to KEEP talented staff 2. Decent amount of Innovation going on - enough budget to "try" new things that aren't always "by the book" 3. Relatively "flexible" hours 4. Cross Functional work relatively easy, w/out major road blocks

      Cons

      1. Facility Security team run by rather infantile "Toy Cops". 2. Hard to be "heard" in such a large organization.

      2.0
      Oct 7, 2018

      No $$ for R&D but shares the prosperity with employees

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Broadcom gives excellent bonuses now but not when I was there. I have heard numbers like 35% of salary!

      Cons

      Hock Tan does not believe in funding R&D projects for pursing new markets. His approach is to purchase companies that have significant market share and profit then cut most the staff and sustain the current product until it no longer makes enough of a profit to warrant keeping it. All hands meetings changed from topics like new products and road maps to topics like gross margin and whether your business group was above or below the line of doom of profitability. If your below the 50% margin line, good luck. Way to few doing way to much work. No IT and cut tool expenses to the bone.

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