Broadcom reviews

Challenging and interesting work, good people to work with, able to work independently, flexible hours without insane schedules, well-equipped labs, very supportive management, state of the art products that sell well, and the company is profitable. Best job I ever had.

Most people writing negative reviews are mentioning how bad it is for Broadcom Classic engineers after this merger. However, these merger is worse for Avago Classic engineers due to Broadcom. To keep cost down Avago Classic had a relatively flat structure and most Managers (mostly former HP guys) ran projects on a tight schedule with large groups often knowing little about how much time the full time employee spends working for them. Fortunately, the full time employees were able to accrue X hours of vacation time each pay period. Hence even when they were let go or when the project was done they could use this vacation time. Essentially, Avago had allocated some money for these engineers as they were putting in 60-hour work weeks. Broadcom Classic had multiple management tiers with Managers, Sr. Managers, Directors and so on. Also, they have an unlimited vacation policy (God knows what that means) but probably works for them as each supervisor knows their team members (the "smart" ones they have chosen) and how much each person spends working per week.