Qualcomm reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(10,987 total reviews)
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Cristiano Amon

68% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,987 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
2.0
May 27, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Licensing business ensures a upper hand position as compared to competitors . Weak competitors outlook. Advanced technology. Complete solutions for customers.

Cons

Top heavy. Employees tend to talk then do. Management teams too well paid. Company structure does not encourage proper top-down management.

3.0
May 22, 2017

For women : not the best

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing benefits - no premiums for healthcare In my department, my coworkers were among the smartest I've worked with. Everyone at this company is high performing and competitive.

Cons

After I left Qualcomm, I received a payout from a lawsuit alleging gender discrimination in the company. From my experience there, this was not surprising at all. I was the only female in my department and often felt over looked - I could describe many situations where this was the case but for brevity I won't. Additionally, this is not the place for working moms. Long hours are expected and I can name coworkers who were passed over on promotions because they were pregnant/ just had become pregnant/ etc. maybe this will change going forward - I hope so - but only time will tell.

1.0
Dec 17, 2016

Terrible company

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's all relative. If you compare jobless to working at Q then of course it's better to have a job. So the pro is at least you have a job. If you don't want a long term career, don't want to be properly rewarded for your time and effort, don't want a interesting job, then it is good for you.

Cons

Too many. First of, they have many of their people leave good feedback here to cover up their terrible biz practices. So I would go to other websites and/or get hold of real people working at Q for more accurate info. Overall, don't expect a long term career since the good spots are already occupied by chinese and indian people who are horrible at mid to sir management. Dont expect to get rewarded properly for your time(a LOT of your time) and effort, and when it's time to let people go you are most likely the first since they protect the people in their small circles. They also hire many H1B to replace Americans and/or old people. It's still a bargain to hire young fresh H1B at even the American workers' price since they work extremely long hours so company get huge investment return out of them at the same price, and American workers simply wont work 60+ hours weekly regardless of pay. The reason why H1B work extremely long hours because Q threatens to not petition for H1B their green card unless they work extremely long hours so Q can get much greater investment return, and therefore there is no reason why they want to hire American workers even at the same price. So Green Card IS the ultimate leverage Q has against H1B and highly qualified American tech workers who can't find jobs taken by H1B.

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