Does MaxLinear pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, MaxLinear employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at MaxLinear. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at MaxLinear?

52% of MaxLinear employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated MaxLinear 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at MaxLinear?

Engineer (19) , Staff Engineer (16) , Senior Software Engineer (14) , Software Engineer (14) , Senior Staff Engineer (12) , Systems Engineer (10) , Senior Engineer (6) , Senior Systems Engineer (6) , Manager (5) , Staff Software Engineer (5) , Applications Engineer (4) , Communication Systems Engineer (4) , Design Verification Engineer (4) , Director (4) , Principal Engineer (4)

What are the pros of working at MaxLinear according to real employee reviews?

"Good people to work and env" ((in 20 reviews)); "good salary with bonus and RSU's" ((in 17 reviews)); "Good Colleagues that help you onboard" ((in 15 reviews)); "Good place to learn and grow" ((in 9 reviews)); "Ample opportunity to learn." ((in 6 reviews))

What are the cons of working at MaxLinear according to real employee reviews?

"bad management and no added amenties" ((in 30 reviews)); "No work life balance here inappropriate timings." ((in 21 reviews)); "Easy layoffs and no body knows when you will recieve mail suddenly" ((in 11 reviews)); "Do not fully trust your manager’s opinion/suggestion, especially, when there is no another manager around and willing to prove that it wasn’t your idea to do it this way." ((in 10 reviews)); "Less pay" ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about MaxLinear layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about MaxLinear layoffs and their outlook for job security at MaxLinear in 2026.

What are the top reviewed MaxLinear locations?

Carlsbad , San Diego , Irvine , San Jose , China , Los Angeles , Orange , Waltham , Israel

MaxLinear reviews

3.2

52% would recommend to a friend

(347 total reviews)

Dr. Kishore Seendripu

43% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

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MaxLinear has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 347 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MaxLinear employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

347 reviews

4.0

Aug 11, 2015

Good

Communication systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work with great people. You have a chance to wirk with great engineers. Projects are dynamic and all engineers are needed.

Cons

Engineer development is not important. Emphasis placed on IC team. Other teams are viewed as support teams. In last year additional teams have caused some issues within the company.

5.0

Jun 9, 2014

Great place to work but not for everyone!

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

fast growing, rewarding, everyone is aware and appreciate your hard work. if you are doing a good job everyone will see it from your direct manager all the way up to CEO. I personally admire the CEO. He stops by and start a conversation with almost everyone very often. He is very rough on Sales and Marketing but nicer to engineers. guess what, he used to be an engineer not long time ago. I was given several opportunities within the company. It is not something you see in other companies at least in my experience. I made a lot of life-time friends there.

Cons

If you are looking for a place to have easy 8- hours job and raise your shoulder when there is a problem, this is not for you. Everyone works harder than what they supposed to. There are some underachieved managers in charge unfortunately. If i was CEO i would fire a few. The salary rate is lower compare to other companies within the same industry.

3.0

Sep 16, 2010

easy to do

Platform engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

young people every wehre, easy to communicate and a lot of friends work together, can carpool. has hope to earn more money with stock.

Cons

long hour work every day makes people tired.

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