No Place for Advancement and Not Safe for Females - Validation Engineer Cirrus Logic Employee Review

2.0
11 Jun 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Snacks and nice location, great co workers

Cons

Cirrus marketing spends a lot of time to present itself as a young hip company but on the inside it is anything but. Sexism is still a huge part of the culture so I do not recommend working here if you are female. Managers actually go out of their way to not allow employees to learn new skill and advance their careers. If you want an easy job where your opinions are not welcome work here. If you want to grow as an engineer and work somewhere that values everyone this is not the place for you.

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Cirrus Logic Response
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We appreciate well-intended reviews of the company from any employee, current or former, as honest and balanced viewpoints about the employee experience are often useful in helping to foster our culture of innovation and promote the career development of our engineers from all walks of life, regardless of their position, gender or ethnicity. Cirrus Logic dedicates significant resources to supporting a multitude of STEM-related activities throughout our communities to encourage school-aged young women to pursue education in technology-related fields. We’re proud the company has taken an aggressive approach to promoting its female engineering workforce through active participation in great organizations such as Girlstart, Code 2 College, IEEE Women in Engineering, WISE, WES, and SWE just to name but a few. While this reviewer’s viewpoint provides their own individual perspective, such perspective can be difficult to extrapolate toward a larger understanding of the culture of the company as a whole. For that reason, meaningful perspective is typically found by looking into aggregate survey results. Cirrus Logic uses the Great Place to Work organization’s methodology from which to annually gauge overall employee opinions in several core areas. With respect to our female employees, the company’s score in these key areas in 2018 were as follows: Credibility, 91; Respect, 91; Fairness, 89; Pride, 92; Camaraderie, 92. While there is always room for improvement, on balance the company is firmly committed to building not only a great culture but a rewarding career path for all its employees.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

The company has strong technical products and many talented engineers. There are opportunities to work on meaningful engineering and verification challenges, and I had positive technical collaborations with several strong engineers.

Cons

Employee experience can vary significantly depending on local management. In my experience, feedback and escalation did not always feel transparent or actionable. I would encourage future employees to pay close attention to how expectations, performance concerns, and speak-up issues are handled in practice. Company culture should not be judged only by perks, free food, snacks, or friendly messaging. Core values like ethics, integrity, and speaking up are truly tested during difficult situations — when there is conflict, disagreement, or concerns raised about management behavior. That is when employees see whether values are truly lived or mostly written on paper. I would also be thoughtful about employee surveys. Even when surveys are described as anonymous, discussing results openly at a small-group or team level can make employees question whether their feedback is truly protected. If people feel comments can be traced back to a small group, they may stop being honest.

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