Family culture leads to excessive politics and lack of professionalism - Anonymous employee Cirrus Logic Employee Review

1.0
1 Aug 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

2006-2012 was great with audio business growth. Lots of partying. If you're in bed with upper management, you'll be rewarded. If you can turn a blind-eye to some of the issues with CRUS, you'll have a great time.

Cons

Hiring/firing decisions are based on factors other than merit and performance. Personal agendas play into them. Company has lack of commitment to improving diversity (gender/race).The work environment is not very professional and makes for uncomfortable situations.

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5.0
29 May 2026
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Pros

Excellent work environment. Good perks. Interesting and exiting projects.

Cons

Needs to work on improving processes, some departments still run in excel / sharedpoint

3.0
17 May 2026
Recommend
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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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