Broadcom Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(238 total reviews)
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Hock E. Tan

85% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Principal Software Development Engineer employees have rated Broadcom with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 238 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Broadcom is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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238 reviews
1.0
Oct 9, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

exposure to emerging technologies, if you get into the right team at the right time the opportunities do exist learning to do a lot more with much less there are some very dedicated people at this company, mature and experienced, first line and middle management are very skilled technically the range of products this company produces could be enough to keep the right person busy for an entire lifespan

Cons

if you aren't clique, you're stuck, with poor career advancement programs, you can find yourself unable to succeed there is a contingent of non-technical upper management who are almost completely out of touch with the real and every day requirements of getting the products ready for the market small company mindset is a large problem, but the paranoia element is pervasive

3.0
Jul 6, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Learning opportunities when you first arrive; stock option compensation package use to be lucrative; less process and seasoned professionals translates to getting more work done.

Cons

Too many alphas and too much beta work; career advancements pretty much equates to leaving the company to pursue other opportunities since professional development or group rotation don't exist for talent retention; typical big company cube farms with lip-service start-up attitude; engineering managers are a joke but easy to ignore; individual contributor really means just you and the internet; engineering teams are *VERY* cliquey.

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