Marvell Technology Reviews

I can't speak about the entire company because they have so many things going on there. So this is just my experience with my particular business unit. 1. Cost is king so if you are a manager most if not all of your technical team will be overseas. You will lose people. You will have people quit before they even start. It's not you, it's the culture there. You will also end up losing home time to having to have calls in the evening because of the time difference. Perhaps a lot of time. 2. The laptops they give you to do any actual work are actually quite cheap and horrible and way underpowered for doing anything. You'll learn to hate yours. See comment 1. 3. Everyone will say 'You should definitely be at this conference.' No one will pay for it. You won't go. 4. Everyone will say 'You are on the list to go to this conference.' You will work hard to get ready and get all of the necessary work done. Shortly before the conference, you will find out in a random way that you are in fact not going and that some new senior person is going instead. No one who is going will go to any of the technical sessions and so the whole point of having a technical conference is lost. 5. The heads of business units might have some vague idea about the market segment that you are trying to target, but not enough to where it really matters. If you try to educate them (because they hired you to be the expert and they keep reminding you that you're the expert -the only expert in fact because the former chief expert quit out of frustration ), they won't listen. They'll imagine that what you are doing is like trying to sell smart phones and it's 2005. It's not and it isn't and the comparison isn't even close to being apt. Since they're not listening, they're yelling at you a lot. You'll try to make the place better but won't succeed. 6. You'll get a new boss without ever having had the chance to interview them. They'll just show up one day. This should be a red flag to anyone about how much senior management trusts and values your opinion.

Wow. Where do I begin? I have worked at several places during my career and I would have to say my managers were the worst people on earth. There are some managers at Marvell that are good people but definitely stay far far away from the teams that suck and the managers that suck. Interview the heck out of the managers. Ask how much turn over there is. There is a lot of turnover here. This review is 3-4 months in the making so here are the bullet points: One manager: - Condescending & disdainful to some team members, especially women. This manager has a problem with strong and smart women. - Brutal & heartless. I can't get into specific examples without giving away my identity but just please take my word for it. - Shows favoritism and performs special favors to others. For example, some folks that are excellent don't get contracts extended while other folks that are average get converted from contractor to perm. This manager has a twisted view of judging others' performance and can't think straight. Two direct reports can perform the same "error" but this manager will hate the one and love and excuse the other. - Out to line their own pocketbook. Selfish, self-centered, immoral, unethical. - Presents one image to e-staff and his/her peers but treats certain direct reports w disdain. - Uses their own ego to make business decisions. Makes really poor business decisions. - Makes poor hiring decisions. - Can't develop others. Uses others for their own agenda instead of developing others. - Does not properly run the team. The place is a circus but they know how to keep it "looking good" on the outside. - Over commits on projects. Over works their people without regard to how full their plates already are. - Makes poor decisions on projects. Some projects more appropriate for a much larger sized company but he/ she still wants to move forward w some initiatives. - Cold & unfeeling, like a stone. - Creates a toxic and tense work environment. Another manager (same team): - mean, bully, confrontational, belittling - interrogator, interrogation tactics, intimidation tactics - anger & control simmering beneath the surface, blows any minute - micromanaging - extremely uptight and grumpy - corners you - backwards & old school - abuses his/her power and position. Power has gotten into their heads. - brutal, cut throat - Makes poor business decisions on how to run things. Allows for roadblocks and inefficiencies that affect morale. This places stinks like hell. After I got to know others, other employees confided in me that they should've told me to run as far as I could've before I decided to come work there. Other employees also told me the place was hell on earth. It was a hellish time and I will never wish it upon my worst enemy.