Broadcom reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(6,354 total reviews)
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Hock E. Tan

61% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Broadcom has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 6,354 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Broadcom employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews
1.0
Apr 8, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great peers, nice facilities, plenty of work to be done, company is poised to gain major market share in the next few years.

Cons

FAR TOO LONG HOURS AND NO FREE TIME--EVEN WHEN OFF WORK!! Corporate Services Management lacks the courage to make the right decisions for their employees. Far too many mangement level tasks are delegated to direct reports, then Managements takes full credit for the work. Too afraid to even ask to increase headcount when warranted. In Corporate Services it is very common for under skilled and underpaid contract labor to be utilized in place of actual hired employees. We are told this is an attempt to keep "head count" percentages low for financial analyst, yet it is really Directors and above keeping their department overhead low, and increasing their bonuses. This is why Broadcom loves our current recession -- it keeps their pool of contract workers full. Corporate Services annual employee evaluations are a farce at best. Directors will actually make numerous edits to your own comments before they are allowed to be submitted! All of this results in overburdened and very dissatisfied "worker bees". Management's attitude is "everyone is replaceable" and will be proud to tell you that...

1.0
Dec 1, 2023

Unpaid Maternity Leave

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stock options are generous to promote that their employees stay with the company long-term.

Cons

12 weeks of UNPAID maternity leave for the United States. Absolutely criminal.

2.0
Feb 15, 2022

Great RSU's, terrible quality of life.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Equity compensation is generous. 401k match is decent.

Cons

You are nothing more than a cog in a machine. Even if you meet or exceed their demanding performance metrics, you will live in fear of losing your job constantly. The belief is that you can be replaced easily. However, they refuse to backfill for employees who have left, leaving teams as skeletons. Be prepared to do the work of 2-3 people and be unappreciated for it except by your direct manager (who often has their hands tied and is unable to do anything for you anyway). Good luck making career advancements, it's a bureaucratic nightmare process to even attempt it, though I was successful once.

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