Does SiFive pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, SiFive employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at SiFive. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at SiFive?

76% of SiFive employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated SiFive 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at SiFive?

Software Engineer (8) , Engineer (7) , Design Verification Engineer (5) , Senior Engineer (4) , Staff Engineer (4) , ASIC Design Engineer (2) , Engineer II (2) , Senior Software Engineer (2) , Senior Verification Engineer (2) , Software Engineer II (2) , Vice President (2)

What are the pros of working at SiFive according to real employee reviews?

"Work culture is good and flexible" ((in 9 reviews)); "Good work life balance, interesting work" ((in 9 reviews)); "Adaptive culture and open" ((in 5 reviews)); "Good salary But not a good trade" ((in 5 reviews)); "Managers are friendly and open to listen our thoughts/ideas" ((in 3 reviews))

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

"management is former engineers who would rather be engineering stuff and can be scatterbrained in their actual job" ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about SiFive layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about SiFive layoffs and their outlook for job security at SiFive in 2026.

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3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(88 total reviews)

Patrick Little

83% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Career opportunities

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Senior management

SiFive has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 88 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SiFive employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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88 reviews

5.0

Oct 24, 2025

Awesome tech and people

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The technologies being developed are great, and the folks behind them even greater. People are professional yet it still has that startup feel. I don't feel there are any silos between different teams. Most of my colleagues are incredibly smart and cool people. Executive updates are open and thorough.

Cons

Deadlines are too often pushed back. Executive updates look to be scheduled randomly. A few people don't follow basic engineering practices.

5.0

Sep 9, 2024

Kicking butt

Principal devops engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some of the best people I've worked with.

Cons

Still a big mess sometimes - crawling out of the startup chaos. Also compensation is a little low, will see once we get a liquidity event.

SiFive Response

1y

We appreciate you sharing your thoughts! It’s great to hear you enjoy working here. We’re working hard to address the growing pains and are hopeful for improvements in compensation. Thank you for your patience and support.

5.0

Nov 9, 2023

Very innovative company with high energy and congenial employees

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

This company is working on really innovative RISC-V technology. The energy level is very high as everyone is very happy and excited to work there. This makes it really easy to get along with the team and learn quickly. Working there has opened many career opportunities for me.

Cons

Engineering team suffers from frequent infrastructure issues (machines being overloaded, lack of disk space, etc).

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