looks great from the outside, terrible from the inside. - Engineer Cirrus Logic Employee Review

1.0
Nov 27, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free beer, concert tickets etc. downtown offices are cool. CEO seems to have very good ethics and philosophy and makes good business decisions.

Cons

I was fired because I couldn't work much overtime due to my wife being diagnosed with a major illness requiring my care. No severance, not even two weeks and now we have no way to continue my wife's major medical treatment. While I was there I listened to managers scream at the top of their lungs at people for being late on assignments. Being threatened to be fired was a regular occurrence to those around me, even outside of my group. I sat near two manager offices not in my group and the things I heard them say to their subordinates when things weren't going well was deplorable. The "Great Place To Work" awards shouldn't be considered because everyone is scared that if you write something negative they will hunt you down and fire you. Several managers stepped out of management roles because they felt they were being asked to due unethical things to their subordinates.

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5.0
May 29, 2026
Recommend
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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
May 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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