Is Qualcomm a good company to work for?

Qualcomm has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 12,754 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 72% of employees would recommend working at Qualcomm to a friend and 65% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Qualcomm have been left by employees working as Internship , Summer Intern and SWE Intern .

Does Qualcomm pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Qualcomm employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Qualcomm. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Qualcomm?

72% of Qualcomm employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Qualcomm 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Qualcomm?

Software Engineer (976) , Senior Engineer (826) , Engineer (809) , Staff Engineer (622) , Senior Software Engineer (542) , Senior Staff Engineer (242) , Senior Lead Engineer (206) , Intern (176) , Associate Engineer (137) , Staff Software Engineer (134) , Interim Engineering Intern (124) , Hardware Engineer (116) , Systems Engineer (75) , Senior Hardware Engineer (67) , Software Engineer(Internship) (65)

What are the pros of working at Qualcomm according to real employee reviews?

"All the benefits are good and recently the company is trying to mimic Google like culture" ((in 1042 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 578 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 552 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 483 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 423 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Qualcomm according to real employee reviews?

"Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 169 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 166 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 136 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 91 reviews)); "Too much politics and performance reviews are not always fair" ((in 87 reviews))

What are employees saying about Qualcomm layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Qualcomm layoffs and their outlook for job security at Qualcomm in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Qualcomm locations?

San Diego , San Jose , Santa Clara , Boulder , Raleigh , Austin , Bridgewater , Boston , Boxborough , New York , Los Angeles , San Francisco , Sunnyvale , Atlanta , Santa Clarita , Israel , San Diego Country Estates , Tempe , Washington , San Diego , Irvine , La Jolla , California , Seattle , Burlington , Mira Mesa , Phoenix , Auburn Hills , Dallas , Carlsbad

Qualcomm reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(11,017 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

69% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

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Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 11,017 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).

Reviews by job title

11K reviews

4.0

Aug 27, 2012

Good as long as you get the better of them

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Cutting edge projects and best place to work if you want to grow in terms of a well-rounded engineer

Cons

You have to make your voice heard or ppl will eat your pie and you'll keep thinking that my hard work will get rewarded.

3.0

Aug 23, 2012

Great company to invest in, but not to work at.

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Still the leader in wireless. Lightyears ahead of other mobile chip makers.

Cons

Qualcomm has had lots of burn out in the past couple years. During my exit interview, the HR person mentioned they are seeing a gradual increase in employees leaving due to burn out. I'm still in contact with my old co-workers there and it's the same story: long hours, constant pressure to meet aggressive schedules. If you are hell bent on working at Qualcomm, avoid the QCT division. They work their engineers like dogs there. I was part of the modem group when I left and they had the most aggressive working hours. While I still worked there, a QCT engineer committed suicide in 2010 which made big news, but there was another recent QCT suicide in June of 2012 that was hush hush possibly due to timing of a big PR announcement. This is what my sources who still work here tell me. Very sad.

5.0

Aug 20, 2012

qct review

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

flexible work hours, hence good

Cons

very , though low pay though benefits are good

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