Awful company culture - Anonymous employee Marvell Technology Employee Review

1.0
Mar 1, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good food, cheap cafeteria. Free on-site gym. Benefits are pretty good.

Cons

-Company culture is awful. Everyone keeps to themselves - people weren't necessarily unfriendly, but not friendly, either. There is NO diversity at all (just spend a minute in the cafeteria during lunchtime, and you will understand). -There is a lot of fighting/politics between groups and it often felt like we were working for different companies, and not on one team. Extremely frustrating. -People are resistant to change/improving necessary process, even though current systems/tools/processes are severely outdated and hamper the company's efficiency. -Executive management only cares about themselves (husband-wife team) and how to make themselves richer. Focus is only on engineering instead of running a real business. -Company outlook is not great, and they're in the middle of a huge lawsuit with Carnegie Mellon. Raises/bonuses have been a pittance because company has not been doing well. -No career growth at all. -Because management is so paranoid of headhunters, there is no published org chart, which makes cross functional roles very difficult because you don't know who works for what. It's not like not having an org chart will keep people at the company - people are leaving in flocks anyway.

Explore other reviews about Marvell Technology

5.0
Jul 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I worked with highly talented engineers on challenging projects and learned a great deal about embedded systems and software development. The engineering culture encouraged collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning, making it an excellent place to grow professionally.

Cons

As with many large organizations, some processes and decision-making could be slow, and cross-team coordination occasionally added delays to project execution.

5.0
Jun 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great work culture, helpful colleagues, managers with real leadership qualities. - Quality over quantity is expected and appreciated. - Periodic recalibration of assignments and deadlines of individual engineers to keep the workloads realistic. - No risk averting behaviors which gives freehand for all engineers to explore new ideas to improve the design performance. - Management seems to fish out and raise engineers from all levels who move the needles. - Have enough infrastructure and resources to develop advanced products without pressuring the engineers. - Adopting AI is every aspect of work. So, engineers can adapt to future needs of the industry.

Cons

- Salary can be a bit higher.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All