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      Qualcomm

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      Qualcomm reviews

      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
      May 30, 2017

      Not as good as it once was

      Staff software engineer
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      CEO approval
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      Pros

      * Benefits are good, but not as great as they were in 2008 when I joined; Healthcare, bonuses and stock took a significant hit after the Fall layoff of 2015. * Employee is generally taken care of and has many additionally benefits aside from the aforementioned.

      Cons

      Too many managers with conflicting interests, overlapping areas of focus, and their own agendas with no repercussions for their misuse of resources or their failing to follow corporate policies; essentially many little unaligned kingdoms fighting for territory.

      1.0
      Apr 27, 2017

      Qualcomm lost its mojo

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Technology leadership Access to technology resources

      Cons

      Self-interested senior/executive management Lack of vision Lack of operating discipline

      2.0
      Mar 25, 2017

      Young Engineers Go Elsewhere (run don't walk); Older Q worker's try to retool and find another place that is growing.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -nice San Diego laid back culture; not as cuthroat as some of the new tech places. -hard wall offices w/ a door for a lot of people - decent peers - a techie's dream but not so great on the business side - compensation pack was good though 2015.

      Cons

      -"has been" tech company (best years were mid 1990s to 2015), i.e. young engineers go elsewhere - very top heavy in titles - rolling layoffs w/ staggered exit dates so as not to trigger WARN act. - CFO running the ship in 2017. - no vision; still stuck in the past of 1) new products need patent licensing model and 2) how to move a bit from here to there quicker. - merging w/ NXP soon which has been a bigger headcount, i.e. more layoffs. - everything in R&D a couple of degree separation from mainline of business.

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