Does Silicon Motion pay their employees well?

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

How satisfied are employees working at Silicon Motion?

64% of Silicon Motion employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Silicon Motion 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Silicon Motion?

Firmware Engineer (12) , Software Engineer (6) , Manager (4) , Senior Firmware Engineer (4) , Engineer (3) , Fw Engineer (3) , Project Manager (3) , Senior Engineer (3) , Staff Engineer (3) , Supervisor Engineer (3) , Intern (2) , Principal Engineer (2) , Staff Firmware Engineer (2) , Staff Software Engineer (2)

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

"Pay is good, job is flexible" ((in 3 reviews)); "Could learn a lot about memory controller related issues and colleagues are friendly." ((in 3 reviews)); "Nice people here" ((in 3 reviews))

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Silicon Motion reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(78 total reviews)

Wallace C. Kou

94% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Culture & values

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Senior management

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Work/Life balance

Silicon Motion has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 78 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Silicon Motion employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

78 reviews

4.0

May 21, 2025

Flexible working hours but always over time

Firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Flexible working hours 2. Positive employee relationships

Cons

1. Frequent overtime 2. Salary-to-work-hour ratio is not among the top in the industry 3. The ASIC team has greater resource sharing and influence than another teams 4. Firmware engineers not only handle nand algorithm-related issues but also analyze chip defects and system problems. The scope is too broad, leading to low work efficiency

4.0

May 21, 2025

Good

Senior fw engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good environment and good pay

Cons

too many overtime work and business travel

2.0

May 18, 2025

Company Working Style

Senior firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working here is quite flexible for the working time compare to other companies based in Taiwan.

Cons

One person should be in charge of as a quite large range of works, hence, its extremely exhausted working here.

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