Does MaxLinear pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, MaxLinear employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at MaxLinear. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at MaxLinear?

52% of MaxLinear employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated MaxLinear 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at MaxLinear?

Engineer (19) , Staff Engineer (16) , Senior Software Engineer (14) , Software Engineer (14) , Senior Staff Engineer (12) , Systems Engineer (10) , Senior Engineer (6) , Senior Systems Engineer (6) , Manager (5) , Staff Software Engineer (5) , Applications Engineer (4) , Communication Systems Engineer (4) , Design Verification Engineer (4) , Director (4) , Principal Engineer (4)

What are the pros of working at MaxLinear according to real employee reviews?

"Good Salary and get to learn more" ((in 17 reviews)); "Good people to work and env" ((in 17 reviews)); "Good Colleagues that help you onboard" ((in 12 reviews)); "Good place to learn and grow" ((in 9 reviews)); "decent compensations and benefits" ((in 7 reviews))

What are the cons of working at MaxLinear according to real employee reviews?

"bad management and no added amenties" ((in 26 reviews)); "No work life balance here inappropriate timings." ((in 22 reviews)); "easy to layoff" ((in 10 reviews)); "Do not fully trust your manager’s opinion/suggestion, especially, when there is no another manager around and willing to prove that it wasn’t your idea to do it this way." ((in 9 reviews)); "Less pay" ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about MaxLinear layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about MaxLinear layoffs and their outlook for job security at MaxLinear in 2026.

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3.2

52% would recommend to a friend

(346 total reviews)

Dr. Kishore Seendripu

43% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Career opportunities

3.0

Culture & values

3.0

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Work/Life balance

2.6

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

346 reviews

1.0

Feb 11, 2016

Disgusting.

Senior staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing per se. Located in good cities, San Jose, Irvine and Carlsbad. Everything else doesn't matter. Tried hard but cannot think of any.

Cons

Pathetic management with unrealistic expectations. Please do not end up here. Totally immature managers trying to climb up the ladder at the cost of employees.

1.0

Jan 13, 2016

Bad ethics and culture, indian influenced

Hardware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some folk are very helpful to teach you. Free snacks in the kitchen, espp is good. Stock based compensation is also good if the stock goes up.

Cons

Low salaries due to h1 workers with phds. Bad management. Senior engineers work on the cool projects. No sick days. Long hours. Late meetings.

2.0

Jun 9, 2016

Senior Staff Engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good technology, good products, good roadmap. Top management has been making right decisions

Cons

Terrible, authoritarian style company culture. Everything is top down, very stiff w/o much freedom or flexibility at bottom. Most staying employees don't feel happy about the culture but they choose to tolerate it for various reasons. Very high turn over ratio for former Entropic employees (acquired in 2015). It's ridiculous for such a high tech company to keep reinforcing working hours!

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