Marvell Technology reviews

Benefits are well below that of other companies in same peer group Extremely closed system with little or no information on product road maps and overal strategy Micromanagement preactised by senior level management Marketing wants to also wear a technical hat without having a good understanding of the echnical issues Access to IT services requires too many approvals - trying to get VPN or laptop etc. requires way too many approvals Management has too many side channels of communication and so a lower level manager has no idea who is directing whom Marketing folks seem to be too junior but seem to demonstrate lot of power unlike in other peer group companies where technical entities have a major say

Long hours prevalent and largely expected by management Recently prone to headcount reduction Huge variation in effectiveness of middle-management (but there are some very good ones) Compensation is largely not competitive with the rest of the market and a low-ball offer is not unexpected, so bring in a competing offer to make sure they don't gouge you. Business ethics at Mrvl are a bit dodgy - from marketing and sales down to engineering. The executive team lacks the charisma that gives shareholders confidence and employees a sense of security and pride. I observed too much finger-pointing/witch-hunting when things went wrong before collaborating to fix problems. Things run a bit like a startup, but now that headcount is in the thousands, there needs to be more infrastructure.