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
3.0
Nov 13, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

For entry level engineers, there are opportunities to learn here if you can stomach the work environment and don’t mind the long hours and pressure. Having worked there though, my experience is that it is a bit like the show Project Runway, “one day you’re “IN” and the next day you’re “OUT”. Keep your head down, tow the line, don't be the nail that is sticking up and you will do fine. Oh yes, they have free bananas.

Cons

Upper management is hugely egotistical and arrogant. Their management style is very dictatorial and iron fisted. Senior management in engineering appears to be completely devoid of people skills. This is particularly evident in the systems group. The next level down is excellent but, sadly, they are mealy “puppets”, totally micro managed by the senior directors and VP’s. Extreme micro management from the top down is the cultural norm here making the middle manager role an extremely challenging and frustrating endeavor.

1.0
Dec 26, 2018

Had a hard time

Recommend
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Pros

I really really have no idea.

Cons

The CTO is the worst people I have met in my life. I really hope I will never see him in my rest of life.

1.0
Apr 21, 2016

Systems Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Free bananas. You will appreciate much more all your past and future work places.

Cons

Awful culture, and you are expected to work long hours. No sick days. Few vacation days, and you are expected not to use them. The CEO likes to visit the cubicles after 7 pm, to see who's working and who has already left. Working long hours is more important than actual performance.

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