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There is good, there is bad, and there is management

Principal Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Broadcom for less than 1 year
October 9, 2008
San Jose, California
1.0
Doesn't RecommendDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Exposure to emerging technologies. If you get into the right team at the right time, the opportunities do exist.

Learning to do a lot more with much less.

There are some very dedicated people at this company. Mature and experienced, first-line and middle management are very skilled technically.

The range of products this company produces could be enough to keep the right person busy for an entire lifespan.

Cons

If you aren't in a clique, you're stuck. With poor career advancement programs, you can find yourself unable to succeed.

There is a contingent of non-technical upper management who are almost completely out of touch with the real and everyday requirements of getting the products ready for the market.

A small company mindset is a large problem, but the paranoia element is pervasive.

Advice to Management

Get back in touch with the people who create the products. Marker-board artists aren't producers.

Fix the marketing overlord fiefdom.

Give the people the tools they need to accomplish the constantly increasing goals.

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