Working at Broadcom in Irvine, CA: 51 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Irvine, CA Area

"I have worked at Broadcom as intern for 6 months. It has been a very good learning experience for me. My supervisor was very helpful and always was ready to answer my doubts. The work culture and the resources available were great."

"I worked as an Intern at Broadcom in Irvine for 10 months. The company is large and offers very competitive pay to its employees. Being a big company, the employee retention is less than stellar, laying off employees regardless of length of employment. There is never a shortage of projects as Broadcom works with its own products as well as with customer products/technologies. There is typically room to move up within the company, given the position is available."

"There is a bulge of middle management that do not allow entry level employees grow and progress. They do not offer any help with mentoring or guidance to grow. Any initiative is seen as an attack on their job/position. Their annual compensation increases are non existent unless you kiss up to management. There are no relationships with any of your co-workers and have no control in changing any of their processes or procedures. Overall, I would NEVER work for this company again.`"

"A decent company to work with for young engineer, pays good also."

"I have worked for Broadcom for 6 years. It is a strong semiconductor company especially in communication. However, recently, it suffered a setback. It cannot deliver 4G-LTE sooner. They will lag behind Qualcomm for a long time."

"I've worked Broadcom since Jan 2007. This company provides a good place to develop and fulfill my talent. However company run not well in mobile area. It re-grouped, then my position was gone. Wish the company gets betters."

"Worked as a Senior Principal Scientist in Broadcom to write embedded C test program for SIM, CSI, DSI and NVSRAM of the Athena Mobile phone ASIC chip using RealView ICE, Palladium and RVDS v4.1 compiler under Cygwin, I found that Broadcom is very good company with good benefits."

What do you like about working at Broadcom?

"The nearly unlimited resources for new graduates to learn and develop."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"For green hands, just get well prepared with the basic but essential knowledge."

What don't you like about working at Broadcom?

"I will graduate in the next year, and currently I'm not sure whether they have new ranking for full time employment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Clear schedule is so necessary, and frequent communication as well."

What do you like about working at Broadcom?

"The company is a leader in telecommunication chip design and development. It's a rapid advance in technology."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"No, it depends from different BUs, and functional groups. It's hard to give a short suggestion."

What don't you like about working at Broadcom?

"The management of my BU is very messy. Some managers are not qualified."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Respect employees and give them room for creativity and independent contribution."

"Very good, got to learn a lot, new place... on whole, awesome experience."

What do you like about working at Broadcom?

"Culture, people are always available to help, my manager was very helpful and always there to guide."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared with your resume and also browse through internet for basic behavioral questions."

What don't you like about working at Broadcom?

"Nothing that I disliked about this company. I loved it."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Recruit more people in IT, risk. Or maybe give full time opportunities for their interns."

"I loved to work for Broadcom and everyone, except my last boss."

"Broadcom is a great place to work."