Is Qualcomm a good company to work for?

Qualcomm has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 12,732 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 73% of employees would recommend working at Qualcomm to a friend and 64% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Qualcomm have been left by employees working as Internship , Summer Intern and SWE Intern .

Does Qualcomm pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Qualcomm employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Qualcomm. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Qualcomm?

73% of Qualcomm employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Qualcomm 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Qualcomm?

Software Engineer (976) , Senior Engineer (823) , Engineer (808) , Staff Engineer (621) , Senior Software Engineer (542) , Senior Staff Engineer (242) , Senior Lead Engineer (205) , Intern (176) , Associate Engineer (137) , Staff Software Engineer (134) , Interim Engineering Intern (124) , Hardware Engineer (116) , Systems Engineer (75) , Senior Hardware Engineer (66) , Software Engineer(Internship) (65)

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

"All the benefits are good and recently the company is trying to mimic Google like culture" ((in 1072 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 585 reviews)); "Pay is good and above industry average" ((in 532 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 455 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 399 reviews))

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

"Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 179 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 160 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 142 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 96 reviews)); "Too much politics and performance reviews are not always fair" ((in 93 reviews))

What are employees saying about Qualcomm layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Qualcomm locations?

San Diego , San Jose , Santa Clara , Boulder , Raleigh , Austin , Bridgewater , Boston , New York , Los Angeles , Boxborough , San Francisco , Sunnyvale , Atlanta , Santa Clarita , Israel , San Diego Country Estates , Tempe , Washington , San Diego , Irvine , La Jolla , California , Seattle , Burlington , Mira Mesa , Phoenix , Auburn Hills , Dallas , Carlsbad

Qualcomm reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(10,998 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

69% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,998 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Qualcomm employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

11K reviews

4.0

Apr 27, 2016

Work life at Qualcomm

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company, decent annual package and a great city to live in. Good infrastructure for engineers to grow

Cons

Great company with not so great people. QCT work culture sucks !! Heavy mismanagement leading to redundant action items and work load on engineers.

1.0

Apr 21, 2016

Screwing over employees

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people in some teams working on very interesting projects. Decent compensation and benefits but going away very fast. Flexible work schedule in some teams.

Cons

Massive cost cutting while returning billions of dollars to investors. Reduction in medical benefits. Bonuses and stock awards for employees have been cut. Executives are compensated based on how much cash they return to investors in the form of dividends and share buyback programs. Employees are fleeing the company because the management doesn't seem to care about the employees. Big company feel. IT often gets in the way instead of solving problems. No laptop upgrades unless it's broken and can't be fixed. Being at the bottom of the technology food chain sucks. We are fighting for scraps thrown at us by ecosystem players. We need to move up the food chain.

4.0

Apr 10, 2016

Was previously a good company, but now needs an overhaul of Sr. Mgt

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Location, sharp talent, ability to succeed in spite of itself

Cons

Nepotism, blinders to bad Exec behavior, Exec's take the cream with working level folks that actually make the technology work are getting creamed.

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Screwing over employees

Was previously a good company, but now needs an overhaul of Sr. Mgt

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