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Good Pay, Brutal Hours

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Broadcom for 6 years
September 8, 2012
Sunnyvale, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros
  1. Stable, large company.
  2. Above-average total compensation.
  3. Company doing well 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-industries, lots of work is 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-sucking" bosses.
  6. Stay away from any customer-facing role. The company is very humble to the customers.
Advice to Management

Stop cutting employees' benefits.

Stop the most unpopular PTO policy.

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