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Microchip Technology

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Poor growth, Poorly managed and Poor infrastructure company - Senior Software Engineer II Microchip Technology Employee Review

1.0
Mar 20, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

I was working out of Bangalore and the only advantage is work timings which are 7.30AM to 4.30PM. Which would avoid lot of traffic when commuting to whitefield. That was the reason I joined this company.

Cons

There are lot: The is very little to no growth once you join the organization. The hikes does not happen every year and even if it happens its below industry standards The company is not technology focused and still work with older tools The project management is really poor as there is lack of visibility in the projects Onsite opportunity is rare and even if you are lucky they would send you for 3 - 4 weeks The finance department taxes your reimbursements also. The top management does not listen to people and the company is semi-government. The reason why its semi government is that when there are deliverable then you are expected to stay late or work from home in late hours and join calls from home. Lot of meetings held in out of office hours due to no overlap between the work timings in US and India.

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5.0
Feb 20, 2026
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Pros

Work is always engaging and new

Cons

Not all that much, pay could be a bit better

1.0
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The coworkers are great people and pleasant to be around. Microchips biggest strength is it does an amazing job hiring pleasant people. Work life balance can be great but differs greatly between teams/departments. Some of the managers are amazing leaders and want you to succeed.

Cons

CHEAP! So cheap. Get you to go above and beyond for years while teasing a promotion and then they never deliver. Give other people raises first because they’ve been employed there longer or are on higher visibility projects. Get screwed by politics. Save your time and work for a different company because an offer here will be a dead end. Plus Microchip pay is the worst in the industry. The running joke from within the company is when Steve Sanghi the CEO opens his wallet there are spiderwebs and moths fly out. How sad is that. If you work here long term getting underpaid for decades you will miss out on building so much wealth. Oh and don’t even look up Steve Sanghis compensation package because it will just make you mad when getting turned down for a promotion yet again because it’s not in the budget. Stopped giving yearly raises during the worst inflation period. There was a big wave of promotions for VPs/C suite while my base salary is exactly the same as it was 3 years ago.

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