A culture and management that only encourages obedient workers - Anonymous employee Cirrus Logic Employee Review

3.0
Jul 17, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Laid back culture. You don't really get held responsible for failing to deliver results especially when the project & customer you work for is other than the one biggest customer. You'll be fine as long as you remain as an obedient worker. Just don't be too vocal against middle-high management. Nice to work with people in Austin. Cool and friendly people. Work/Life balance is great.

Cons

Absolutely do not work for its field offices. Not a place for career growth. All the field offices have been down graded in terms of size after a couple of layoffs. All field offices are meant to carry the minimum functions for local operations. And you don't get to work with top talents at all in the field office because of the strategies and philosophy they recruit people in Asia (for the minimum functions and responsibilities). All engineering, marketing and operations are kept in the corp in Austin.

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5.0
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Pros

Excellent work environment. Good perks. Interesting and exiting projects.

Cons

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3.0
May 17, 2026
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Pros

The company has strong technical products and many talented engineers. There are opportunities to work on meaningful engineering and verification challenges, and I had positive technical collaborations with several strong engineers.

Cons

Employee experience can vary significantly depending on local management. In my experience, feedback and escalation did not always feel transparent or actionable. I would encourage future employees to pay close attention to how expectations, performance concerns, and speak-up issues are handled in practice. Company culture should not be judged only by perks, free food, snacks, or friendly messaging. Core values like ethics, integrity, and speaking up are truly tested during difficult situations — when there is conflict, disagreement, or concerns raised about management behavior. That is when employees see whether values are truly lived or mostly written on paper. I would also be thoughtful about employee surveys. Even when surveys are described as anonymous, discussing results openly at a small-group or team level can make employees question whether their feedback is truly protected. If people feel comments can be traced back to a small group, they may stop being honest.

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