good engineers but incompetent marketing and biz dev. people. murky hiring practices. - Principal Software Ingineer Broadcom Employee Review

3.0
Jun 25, 2014
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Pros

good engineers, (mostly), they can pay you are willing to sacrifice your personal life.

Cons

enormous pressure on s/w engineers to get those damn chips to work, too many chips to support. they have very few competent marketing people.

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5.0
Jun 14, 2026
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Pros

best company I every worked for.

Cons

some managers have egos and micromanage

3.0
Jul 8, 2026
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Pros

High pay, good benefits, stock options

Cons

Soulless corporate structure and demands. Broadcom acquired the company I worked for and drastically increased prices immediately, alienating well over 50% of our customers.

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