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      Qualcomm

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      3.8

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (10,981 total reviews)
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      Cristiano Amon

      68% approve of CEO

      64% positive business outlook

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      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Senior management

      Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,981 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
      3.0
      Oct 9, 2015

      Life at Qualcomm

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      High salary, good benefits, RSU's and bonus. Very good work environment with great facilities. Depending on title you will get an office. Cutting edge technology

      Cons

      Very political. Politics is driven by the Indian mafia. Management has been promoted on the basis of race and technical ability alone. Ability to lead and manage people does not come into it. So the company has ended up with a lot of senior geeks and no leaders.

      4.0
      Jul 25, 2015

      A good place to work, but tough

      Senior staff engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good compensation and benefits (for now); generally friendly people that are easy to work with; can work on cutting-edge technology and for an industry leader; high retention rate, few people leave because this is considered the pinnacle of many fields; an environment that can have a grad-school feel at times (to a point, see: upcoming layoffs);

      Cons

      Crunch-time is the default state, expect to work evenings and weekends often, which will get worse with the hiring freeze; benefits and stock grants to be cut; rising is slow due to people entrenched in the top positions

      3.0
      Jul 15, 2015

      Great first job, but not a place to stay for talented young professionals.

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1) Great benefits. 2) Living in San Diego. 3) Relatively high pay for the area. 4) Working with smart and talented people (If you are lucky enough to be on the right team). 5) Seeing your work be commercialized quickly.

      Cons

      1) No matter how much they try to promote this as a plus, there is no work life balance (at least in QCT). 2) Too much pointless politics - a week of meetings for 1 line of code. 3) 24/7, 7 days a week of stress since issues are always "urgent" and needed to be fixed immediately no matter what the time. 4) Middle management likes to give artificial pressure for no reason. 5) Doesn't always hire the most talented people.

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