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      Qualcomm

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      Qualcomm reviews

      3.8

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (10,961 total reviews)
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      Cristiano Amon

      70% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      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 10,961 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
      Jun 7, 2017

      Sr. Staff

      Senior staff engineer/manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You live in San Diego.

      Cons

      Too stressful! HR has been trying to improve work life balance but the culture is suffering from the vicious circle. If you don't work late night and weekends your review and bonus suffers. Despite the lip service "we must reward productivity and not long hours". Too many a holes are being promoted despite the CEO's claim "we don't promote a-holes". HR does not protect the individuals from retaliation from higher ups unless where the retaliation might create legal problems (e.g. sexual harassment)

      1.0
      Jun 7, 2017

      The ship has sunk.

      Senior staff engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good work in some groups. Some smart engineers still in the company. Nice campus in San Diego. Weather! 5G adoption might be an upside in 2020 possibly.

      Cons

      Pay is not comparable to other tech companies. Losing talent due to attrition. Massive cost cutting. Can't attract the best people currently as talent quality is going down. Severely understaffed in many groups. Cash bonuses and RSUs practically non existent for last few years. Leadership lacks vision and is risk averse. Horrible medical plan. (Previous plan was great) Annual review cycle from twice a year is just a cost cutting tactic.

      3.0
      Jun 18, 2016

      Director

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good salary and one of the best companies in San Diego (not a lot of other options if you live in SD).

      Cons

      Not the awesome company it used to be. It used to be an innovative company with top talent, however, with morale declining, continuous layout offs/restructuring, little or no career path and growth and mid level management, people are looking elsewhere. It's become an old, stale company. Merit has decrease - bonuses are basically non-existent even for top performers. Healthcare is expensive - huge difference when we went from amazing healthcare to horrible overnight. Too many drastic changes hit all at once rather than easing through the these transitions.

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