MaxLinear reviews

3.2

52% would recommend to a friend

(346 total reviews)
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Dr. Kishore Seendripu

43% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

MaxLinear has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 346 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MaxLinear 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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346 reviews
1.0
Jul 6, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Apart from being allowed to work from home. Nothing else.

Cons

Firstly, I have no idea how did the ratings shoot up from 2.+% to the current 4.1%. Did someone from the marketing department pay people to write the good reviews?To potential employees reading this. Please. AVOID. Join them at your own risk. 1. Office politics: though this is everywhere in the working society, but the politics here is beyond one could imagine. 2. No work life balance AT ALL. Please imagine your whole team having to work during the weekends. (not at your own discretion, but for fear of not being able to please your superior because everyone else is also online at work) I suppose I don’t need to explain further. Just imagine burning your weekends and working through the night and yet your superior still feels what you did is not enough. 3. Toxic environment: yes, there are nicer colleagues around, just as other work places. But everyone has to end up stepping on someone just for survival. What makes it worse is YOUR SUPERIOR is the one stirring. And to make matters worse, the superior hurl verbal abuses which became insults. And we all have to bear with whatever comes on our way. (We’re all holding on for the pay check) 4. Salary: salary range is still within comfort level I guess. But the salary dispersement is always not fixed. We sometimes have to wait till early next month when we finally get our pay checks. What happens if we have pre-arranged bills to pay for? You picture the consequences. 5. HR: having this much discontent on the company, we should approach human resources right? WRONG. The hr department is technically non existent. Well, they are there, with the titles. But should you need any help from them, be prepared to have a long long wait, or even better, to have your email thrashed and forgotten.

1.0
Oct 21, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Sometimes they have BBQs. The employees are hard working.

Cons

Human Resources employees at MaxLinear have a shelf life of approx 6 months. Work hours are long and demanding. There is no work/family balance. You are required to work 60-80 hours per week including weekends. They put you on salary so you don't get paid overtime. The environment becomes hostile when leadership yells at employees.

1.0
Oct 9, 2012

Horrible culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good if you want an H1-B visa. They seem to prefer foreign employees who have lower salary requirements.

Cons

Horrible culture, too many employees who cannot speak English (majority are foreign employees), long work hours. No work/life balance, lack of direction, horrible management. Top management does not encourage their employees to grow. If you do something positive, they only tell you how you didn't do good enough.

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