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Qualcomm

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Qualcomm Staff Engineer reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(624 total reviews)
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Cristiano Amon

57% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Culture & values

3.1

Senior management

2.7

Work/Life balance

Engineer, Staff employees have rated Qualcomm with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 624 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Engineer, Staff professionals have a good working experience there. Qualcomm is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Engineer, Staff professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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624 reviews
3.0
Jun 14, 2008

Pros and cons of Qualcomm

Staff engineer
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Pros

Nice people, collegial atmosphere, actual offices instead of cubes Large teams on each project so work load is not too stressful usually

Cons

business model based on proprietary technologies/ patent royalties. Under attack on various fronts. Outdated methodologies (VHDL!) and in some cases old/buggy code being carried forward generation after generation Promotions/recognition to a select few, mostly "old timers". Others get average reviews regardless of work/results.

2.0
Jun 11, 2008

Career Growth and middle management review

Staff engineer
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Pros

The upper management is extremely good at seeing problems and fixing them before they become a major issue. They are very smart in how they handle the finances and the market. Overall a happy stable enviroment in an industry where there is so much turmoil

Cons

The middle management is extremely weak. So many old timers who were good or excellent engineers have been promoted to middle managers and they are doing a very poor job of managing the day to day activity and the engineers under them. This makes for a highly stressful and inefficient work environment on a day to day basis resulting in long hours for most engineers.

4.0
Jun 11, 2008

Big company culture with steady growth

Staff engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Qualcomm is the leader in wireless tech. Growth has been pretty steady. I think Qualcomm is very well positioned in the growing industry of wireless technology. The company is very innovative because of the talent it has gathered. To continue growth, Qualcomm has made a few bets by acquiring startups in emerging wireless tech.

Cons

Its a very large company. Without a vision of your own career progress, it is easy to lose yourself in the sea of workers.

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