No Growth, Ample Politics - Anonymous employee Broadcom Employee Review

2.0
13 Jun 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Smart people --- generally speaking - -Not bad in RSUs really but dwindling steadily

Cons

-Higher the Manager or Executive, more he/she is likely to be arrogant and pretty diabolical -Encourages politics top to bottom -Encourages sleeper cells of buddy clubs especially in product line marketing function - in other words, don't mess with stupid PLM's and marketing VP -HR likes to drag out issues and intimidate the upright -If you download a file inadvertently, your case may be handed over to FBI (Tien Shiah "espionage" case --- google)

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

High pressure with occasional work-life balance challenges

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