Does SiFive pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, SiFive employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at SiFive. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at SiFive?

76% of SiFive employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated SiFive 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at SiFive?

Software Engineer (8) , Engineer (7) , Design Verification Engineer (5) , Senior Engineer (4) , Staff Engineer (4) , ASIC Design Engineer (2) , Engineer II (2) , Senior Software Engineer (2) , Senior Verification Engineer (2) , Software Engineer II (2) , Vice President (2)

What are the pros of working at SiFive according to real employee reviews?

"Work culture is good and flexible" ((in 9 reviews)); "Work Life balance, open minded" ((in 8 reviews)); "Adaptive culture and open" ((in 5 reviews)); "Amazing team changing the industry" ((in 4 reviews)); "Good salary But not a good trade" ((in 4 reviews))

What are the cons of working at SiFive according to real employee reviews?

"management is former engineers who would rather be engineering stuff and can be scatterbrained in their actual job" ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about SiFive layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about SiFive layoffs and their outlook for job security at SiFive in 2026.

What are the top reviewed SiFive locations?

San Mateo , Santa Clara , Austin , San Francisco , Milpitas , Huntsville , San Jose , Portland

SiFive reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(88 total reviews)

Patrick Little

83% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Career opportunities

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Senior management

SiFive has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 88 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SiFive employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

88 reviews

4.0

May 28, 2022

Good place to work

Engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Company is glowing fast - Team is good, not much dirty politics in team - Good salary

Cons

Need to hire more people in a team instead of overloading all the works on existing engineers.

SiFive Response

3y

Thank you for your review and for sharing your valuable feedback. We have grown significantly over the past 12 months, having almost doubled our workforce globally to ensure that we are best placed to deliver our projects effectively, whilst ensuring the wellbeing of our extremely talented people, just like you.

4.0

May 11, 2022

good opertunity

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

New technology Get a chance to work on latest cpu

Cons

Flow is not industry standards so may be little challenging in beginning

3.0

Feb 12, 2022

Good job and potentially lucrative if you can deal with it

Principal engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

• "change the world" company mission • challenging and interesting work • IPO potential (the main attraction for some) • base pay is decent • 2021 bonus was excellent • new CEO has improved company focus and is well connected

Cons

• poor work/life balance. it's a grind • no real vacation policy (take what you "need", but many are still tethered) • barely standard benefits for a high tech company • no recurring stock option grants (expected to change later in 2022) • perpetually understaffed • consistently high employee turnover even at upper levels. people aren't even sticking around for what should be a really good bonus in 2022 • opportunity cost - good job opportunities are everywhere

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Linux Platform BSP Lead

Staff Verification Engineer

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