Great place for a busybody, poor for life outside of work - Software Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

2.0
May 25, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Pay; Benefits (good insurance, annual stock and cash awards); Remote work is accessible; Generally collaborative, easy to work with most;

Cons

Work-life balance is atrocious; Expected availability on vacation; Long hours, reporting OT discouraged; Code base is beyond messy and convoluted; Traffic in SoCal..if you do get to leave at a reasonable hour, you'll still spend ~10-30 minutes per highway mile to get home

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5.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

Flexible culture . Decent pay

Cons

You need to know to work 24*7 with flexible culture and get things done. You can’t be a 9 to 5 person in this company

3.0
Jul 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Scope and opportunity is high, can grow quickly

Cons

WLB can be extremely limited, most employees I know work weekends and nights

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