Cirrus Logic reviews

4.2

86% would recommend to a friend

(368 total reviews)
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John Forsyth

95% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Cirrus Logic has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 368 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Cirrus Logic employee rating is 21% above average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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368 reviews
1.0
Aug 1, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

2006-2012 was great with audio business growth. Lots of partying. If you're in bed with upper management, you'll be rewarded. If you can turn a blind-eye to some of the issues with CRUS, you'll have a great time.

Cons

Hiring/firing decisions are based on factors other than merit and performance. Personal agendas play into them. Company has lack of commitment to improving diversity (gender/race).The work environment is not very professional and makes for uncomfortable situations.

3.0
Oct 20, 2017

Needs Improvement

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great perks, such as: happy hours, free snacks & beverages, company events, healthcare and an awesome 401k matching program. Nice downtown location, easy commute if you live close to the area, but disastrous commute if you're far north or south. Easy to make friends with (most) coworkers.

Cons

No growth, and a lot of favoritism. Feels like any ideas, suggestions, or criticism that employees have are rebuffed or not seriously considered. So much hiring, but a lot of downtime. Feast or famine type of environment. Also, not a very friendly work environment for women, which may be a consequence of the industry, BUT it doesn't have to be.

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Cirrus Logic Response
8y
Thanks for the review. We also agree that there’s lots to like about working here at Cirrus Logic, including the perks mentioned above. Not to mention our health and welfare benefits package, onsite gym and exercises classes, free guitar lessons, monthly employee concerts, free commuter transportation, our very own Innovations Conference, Cirrus Logic’s Kid’s Club, and the outreach and support we provide to the local community. And just to highlight a few other unique activities that we do for our employees and their families, we can’t forget events like the annual Halloween “Boo at the Zoo.” Cirrus Logic strives to create a great working environment for everyone, and the feedback we receive from employees through the Great Place to Work and the Workplace Dynamics/Austin American-Statesman employee surveys seem to indicate that overall we’re doing a pretty good job. And of course through our Connected Network group we’re active supporters of such organizations as the Society of Women’s Engineers, Women in Engineering Society (UK), GirlStart programs and the Texas Women’s Conference, to name a few. Finally, it’s worth noting that as of our most recent fiscal year, 2017, the company posted revenue growth of more than 25 percent for the third consecutive year.
1.0
Jan 14, 2014

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Happy hour with beer/downtown location

Cons

"Has the company had a layoff of any kind due to underperforming business in several years? Emphatically no." Is that true? As a former employee in Cirrus, I witnessed frequently re-org in a relatively short period of time(<2yrs). The most impressive one happened in Nov 2012, when Cirrus Logic shut down its Tucson office( Apex Department) and laid off most of the employees there. No one got any form of notice in advance. The office building was evacuated in 3 hrs. Based on the information I have, most of them had to leave Tucson to land a new job, including a fresh Validation Engineer who just graduated from college and started his career in Cirrus 1 week ago. Some were told that they may have chance to interview for opportunities in Austin site and relocate if they got the offer, however, only a few(<5) lucky people got the chance. I don't know how you guys define "layoff of any kind due to underperforming business", or you can state that that large scale layoff was just a proactive re-org rather than a "layoff of any kind due to underperforming business". But don't forget there are job seekers who care about the stability of their further career, and they just want to know how the company treat the employees. Nobody can imagine such kind of misleading statement can be made by a responsible company that really cares about its employees/future employees.

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Cirrus Logic Response
12y
The Apex business this former employee references did not result in a layoff. Apex' core business in high-power products (eg. hybrids) was different from the "core" mixed-signal IC business of Cirrus Logic, so the decision was made in 2012 to sell that product line to private investors. That company is currently Apex Microtechnology, based in Tucson. It was not an underperforming product line during its time at Cirrus Logic. Most employees transferred to Apex Microtechnology as a result of the sale, while several engineers in Tucson accepted offers to remain at Cirrus Logic in Austin. Cirrus Logic stands by its statement. We cannot discuss personnel information in a public forum, but if you would like to discuss this matter further or have questions about the sale of the Apex product line in 2012 please email bill.schnell@cirrus.com. We believe information should be presented factually accurate.
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