Does Broadcom pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Broadcom employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Broadcom. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Broadcom?

51% of Broadcom employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Broadcom 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Broadcom?

Software Engineer (327) , Senior Software Engineer (162) , Principal Engineer (119) , Technical Support Engineer (117) , Principal Software Engineer (115) , Engineer (104) , Intern (93) , Staff Engineer (80) , Member Of Technical Staff (75) , Manager (63) , IC Design Engineer (55) , Director (51) , Staff Software Engineer (51) , Solutions Architect (49) , Test Engineer (46)

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

"1. Overall CTC (Pay) is good (due to RSUs and ESPP option)" ((in 451 reviews)); "The working time is quite flexible.Compensation and benefits are good." ((in 340 reviews)); "Stock price is good if you have a lot of them salary is about average." ((in 327 reviews)); "The people I work with are great and the direct managers I worked with are approachable and willing to help." ((in 295 reviews)); "Compensation was good but not notably better than my prior employers in the SF Bay Area." ((in 249 reviews))

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

"bad management and not that efficient." ((in 227 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and reorgs." ((in 225 reviews)); "No job security and lay off people frequently" ((in 141 reviews)); "No work from home and on call" ((in 114 reviews)); "Demoralising at times especially if you have a bad manager" ((in 89 reviews))

What are employees saying about Broadcom layoffs in 2026?

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

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Broadcom reviews

3.3

51% would recommend to a friend

(6,364 total reviews)

Hock E. Tan

61% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Work/Life balance

3.0

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

2.7

Culture & values

Broadcom has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 6,364 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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Reviews by job title

6K reviews

4.0

Sep 13, 2012

Broadcom is one of the great semiconductor companies to work for.

Principal design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Broadcom chip development targets several businesses including wireless, wireless connectivity, broadband, networking infrastructure and more. It gives lots of opportunities for individual development in every possible career available at Broadcom.

Cons

Broadcom is very fast paced, engineering driven work environment. An employee has to work at great speed to accomplish work assignments.

5.0

Sep 9, 2012

principal engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

very challenge tasks from variety of projects. The engineer also has a of freedoms to plan and exercise the priorities unless there is conflict on project management. Principal engineers are also expect to have mentor-ship to junior engineers, at the same time, junior engineers can help principal engineers to carry out some works,

Cons

in general, the workload is high, and also expected to work overtime, or work at home for extra hours. the responsibility is critical so that the work pressures is high as well.

2.0

Sep 8, 2012

Blood-sucking company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1: Stable, large company 2: Above-average total compensation. 3: Company doing good in all business lines. 4: Good office facilities, location, and cafe. 5: Good travel benefits if your job involves travel.

Cons

1: Be prepared to work like a dog with long hours and weekends. 2: Work on 2-3 projects simultaneously. 3: As is common to all semi industry, lots of work are tedious and purely "mechanic", not very intellectual. 4: Compensation & benefits are decreasing fast year by year. It was good a few years ago, but now it is only about average, and is still dropping every year. 5: High peer pressure, and mean, "blood-suckingr" boss. 6: Stay away from any customer-facing role. The company is very humble to the customers.

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