Is Qualcomm a good company to work for as a Staff Software Engineer/Manager?

Staff Software Engineer/Manager professionals working at Qualcomm have rated their employer with 3.7 out of 5 stars in 752 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Qualcomm employees being 3.8 out of 5 stars. Search open Staff Software Engineer/Manager Jobs at Qualcomm now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Staff Software Engineer/Manager interview questions at Qualcomm .

Does Qualcomm pay Staff Software Engineer/Manager employees well?

Staff Software Engineer/Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Qualcomm with 3.8 out of 5 stars based on 752 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.1% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Staff Software Engineer/Manager salaries at Qualcomm.

How happy are Staff Software Engineer/Manager professionals working at Qualcomm?

71% of Staff Software Engineer/Manager employees at Qualcomm would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 9% in the past 12 months. Staff Software Engineer/Manager professionals have also rated Qualcomm with a 2.8 rating for work-life-balance, 3.5 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.3 rating for culture and values and 3.7 rating for career opportunities.

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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 1038 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 556 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 553 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 476 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 406 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 175 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 165 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 132 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 95 reviews)); "Too much politics and performance reviews are not always fair" ((in 88 reviews))

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Qualcomm Staff Software Engineer/Manager reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(752 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

55% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Culture & values

3.1

Senior management

2.8

Work/Life balance

Staff Software Engineer/Manager employees have rated Qualcomm with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 752 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Staff Software Engineer/Manager professionals have a good working experience there. Qualcomm is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Staff Software Engineer/Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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752 reviews

4.0

Sep 3, 2008

The place for strong hardware engineers

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smartest electrical engineers around. Good focus on patents/ip, not just short term revenue projections. Work on advanced technology attracts some cool people.

Cons

Large company means opportunities to do things with initiative are by definition hard to do. Tends to have alot revolving around SAn Diego.

4.0

Aug 20, 2008

Great place to work

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with. Good management.

Cons

Merit based rewards could be better. Schedules could be more reasonable.

4.0

Aug 17, 2008

Qualcomm is a large, but smoothly running organization.

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Qualcomm is a large, but smoothly running organization. Management has a very progressive outlook on wireless technology and is not adverse to trying new ideas. As an individual engineer, you and your work are respected. Projects are not 'overcrowded' and 90% of engineers have their own office. Also, the company realizes that the most talented engineers have the option of working elsewhere. For that reason performance reviews occur once every 6 months. The average raise is 3 - 5% (every 6 months!). It is common for engineers to move around within the organization. The company provides a mechanism for new learning and for movement to different areas of the technology.

Cons

The company is essentially a massive IP portfolio that covers many different areas of technology. Occasionally one can feel disconnected from the rest of the organization.

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