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 people to work and env" ((in 19 reviews)); "Good Salary and get to learn more" ((in 16 reviews)); "Good Colleagues that help you onboard" ((in 13 reviews)); "Good place to learn and grow" ((in 9 reviews)); "decent compensations and benefits" ((in 6 reviews))

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

"bad management and no added amenties" ((in 28 reviews)); "No work life balance." ((in 19 reviews)); "easy to layoff" ((in 11 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 10 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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MaxLinear reviews

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

5.0

Jul 19, 2016

Senior Staff

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Learn at a fast pace. 2. Very transparent. 3. Effort by all groups to make the products successful. First tapeout becomes a production chip, something I have never seen in other places. 4. Desire to dig out all issues and resolve all issues to make a quality product.

Cons

1. Sometimes gets difficult to meet the schedules. 2. Low on fun activities. 3. Nothing major.

1.0

Jun 11, 2016

Engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some interesting work and some good colleagues

Cons

Everything else. Extremely dictatorial and communistic environment. Before joining I didn't realize this place was nothing but a chinese government branch. They will pressure you to death, work you to death, blame you to death. Give you super low pay so they can put a ton of money in their pockets

4.0

Jun 10, 2016

Maxlinear India Office "Senior RFIC Layout Engineer"

Senior rfic layout design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. They take up challenging work. 2. Lot to learn in RFIC domain and colleagues are friendly and helping. 3. Everybody gets opportunity to prove themselves . 4. Various products and technologies give good exposure . 5. Technical team is top notch. 6. Everybody is approachable if you need any help. 7. Aggressive growth plans and good road map. 8. Company s current growth looks very healthy.

Cons

1. Small company. 2. Sometimes there is very hectic schedule. 3. No culture as such. 4. And logistics and benefits to employee can be improved .

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