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Microchip Technology

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Microchip Technology Senior Engineer II, Software reviews

3.6

99% would recommend to a friend

(7 total reviews)

Steve Sanghi

100% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

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7 reviews
1.0
8 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The coworkers are great people and pleasant to be around. Microchips biggest strength is it does an amazing job hiring pleasant people. Work life balance can be great but differs greatly between teams/departments. Some of the managers are amazing leaders and want you to succeed.

Cons

CHEAP! So cheap. Get you to go above and beyond for years while teasing a promotion and then they never deliver. Give other people raises first because they’ve been employed there longer or are on higher visibility projects. Get screwed by politics. Save your time and work for a different company because an offer here will be a dead end. Plus Microchip pay is the worst in the industry. The running joke from within the company is when Steve Sanghi the CEO opens his wallet there are spiderwebs and moths fly out. How sad is that. If you work here long term getting underpaid for decades you will miss out on building so much wealth. Oh and don’t even look up Steve Sanghis compensation package because it will just make you mad when getting turned down for a promotion yet again because it’s not in the budget. Stopped giving yearly raises during the worst inflation period. There was a big wave of promotions for VPs/C suite while my base salary is exactly the same as it was 3 years ago.

3.0
7 Mar 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Everything is transparent. - Can get good work-life balance of you decide so. - Didn't have a layoff for about 20 years. Although had a 10% layoff in March 2024 which was unavoidable due to economic conditions and is less likely to happen in future - Has a stock purchase program at discounted price. - Provides RSUs while joining.

Cons

- Although an MNC, the Chennai DC is almost full of Tamils. There are a few malayalis and Telugu people as well. For a non-tamil guy it would be hard to mix with the team. - The pay is very low compared to other semiconductor companies.

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