It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... - Applications Engineer Cirrus Logic Employee Review

2.0
Oct 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great engineering talent. Great customer relationships. Awesome bonuses. Great pay. Solid benefits. At one time, outstanding management with transparency, solid company future and a higher than average moral compass.

Cons

Company is based in Texas which is an "at will" work state. This works perfect for Cirrus. At will, they can lay off any employee, or entire divisions. Not a place where you can feel secure knowing that your contributions will help you keep a job in a market down turn or when a new hot market emerges. Executive, upper and middle anagement need to gain more work experience outside of the only company they have ever worked at in order to truly benefit a company and their employees.

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Cirrus Logic Response
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Thanks for taking the time to write this review! As a long-time Cirrus Logic employee, as you state, we know you’ve experienced the company growing at an exceptionally high rate for several years while also developing a corporate culture that has been recognized nationally during the past several years as being one of the top companies to work for in the United States. This recognition has been exclusively based on the feedback from Cirrus Logic employees regarding their satisfaction with their company work experience. As a business, of course, the company has a responsibility to drive toward programs that it believes will be successful and lead to long-term growth opportunities. Most every company, Cirrus Logic included, periodically fine tunes its strategies and programs to meet those objectives. You mention the need for diversification, which was a benefit from the company’s recent acquisition of Wolfson Microelectronics. Once again, thank you for taking the time to write this Glassdoor review!

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5.0
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CEO approval
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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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