Is Qualcomm a good company to work for?

Qualcomm has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 12,702 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 72% of employees would recommend working at Qualcomm to a friend and 65% 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?

72% 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, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Qualcomm?

Software Engineer (975) , Senior Engineer (820) , Engineer (805) , Staff Engineer (618) , Senior Software Engineer (541) , Senior Staff Engineer (241) , Senior Lead Engineer (205) , Intern (176) , Associate Engineer (137) , Staff Software Engineer (132) , 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 1052 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 575 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 540 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 479 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 400 reviews))

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

"No work life balance and lots of pressure during tape" ((in 1141 reviews)); "Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 172 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 153 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 139 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 97 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

72% would recommend to a friend

(10,971 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

69% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.3

Senior management

3.2

Work/Life balance

Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,971 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).

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11K reviews

1.0

Mar 5, 2016

Management cuts costs and loses the Cream

Senior hardware engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

- HQ is located in a good City. - Modem R&D Technology hub - 401k matching is the only benefit left. - Best Medical Plan (gone from 2016) - Competitive Cell Phone Market Observation: Glassdoor has listed conflicting pros and cons for Qualcomm: pros 'good work life balance' and con 'bad work life balance'. It could be due to fake reviews from Qualcomm officials who are desperate to cover up. Speak to an actual employee working at Qualcomm before accepting an offer. Also each team is different.

Cons

- Steve, Paul and entire Management team has poor vision. They don't know they are not up to mark. They cannot visualize the future of technology. They are OUT of ideas and so now they have resorted to copying. - As the company looses market, they are cutting costs everywhere and punishing employees. - Due to a Poor Brand Image and lack of vision the products in a few years are going to suck more. - The cream (best of the best engineer/other staff) are gone/leaving. What is left is un-qualified people who are highly political. - Racism is high and each team is polarized with people from the same race. - Beware if you are an engineer/senior/staff : Managers will use you and dump you after they get promoted. - Poor Work Life Balance and Un-ethical colleagues. - No bonus/RSU and promotions for 2016. - Software Engineers can learn nothing at Qualcomm. - Work Quality Standards are lowering each day: Jobs are moving to China/India.

2.0

Mar 1, 2016

Company losing a lot of talent

Senior program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay and benefits are good. Culture used to be awesome.

Cons

So why did I quit? Highly political work environment, no more raises, lack of job stability (management said no layoffs in our small team but one week later, one of our teammates is gone), work/life balance is pretty bad for hardworking, competent workers but great for career inhouse politicians who like to "work from home."

3.0

Oct 16, 2015

Sr Hardware Engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Competitive pay for SD area - Lots of great people - Lots to learn technically and smart people to learn from - Interesting products to work on - Flexible hours - Fitness facilities in almost every building - Great city to live and work in

Cons

- Non-optimal management structure (too many cooks in the kitchen) - Going through cost reduction, so lots of penny pinching - Engineering teams being outsourced, or under threat of outsourcing to India - Bell curved performance reviews - Promotion quotas to limit number of promotions per review cycle (in some teams) - Arbitrary "minimum-time-served" promotion prerequisites regardless of whether employees deserve it or not (in some teams) - Executive management taking vast sums of money as bonuses and skimping on bonuses for the little guys - Very large company, so you get buried in corporate culture and bureaucracy at times - Career advancement has a ceiling in a lot of teams due to top heavy nature of this company - Recurring layoff rounds lately

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