Is Qualcomm a good company to work for as a Sr. Software Engineer?

Sr. Software Engineer professionals working at Qualcomm have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 536 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Qualcomm employees being 3.8 out of 5 stars. Search open Sr. Software Engineer Jobs at Qualcomm now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Sr. Software Engineer interview questions at Qualcomm .

Does Qualcomm pay Sr. Software Engineer employees well?

Sr. Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Qualcomm with 3.9 out of 5 stars based on 536 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Sr. Software Engineer salaries at Qualcomm.

How happy are Sr. Software Engineer professionals working at Qualcomm?

72% of Sr. Software Engineer employees at Qualcomm would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 5% in the past 12 months. Sr. Software Engineer professionals have also rated Qualcomm with a 3.5 rating for work-life-balance, 3.7 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.6 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

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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 1043 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 578 reviews)); "Pay is good and above industry average" ((in 556 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 475 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 416 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 171 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 163 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 137 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 101 reviews)); "Too much politics and performance reviews are not always fair" ((in 89 reviews))

Qualcomm Sr. Software Engineer reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(536 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

78% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated Qualcomm with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 536 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Qualcomm is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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536 reviews

4.0

Aug 19, 2015

Was a great place to work... but it is going down hill.

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay. Good Benefits (although they are getting worse over time). You work with really smart people.

Cons

They just announced 15% work force reduction (layoffs). Politics, Politics, Politics. If you want to get promoted you need to learn to play the political game very early. Culturally the company is stuck in it's old ways. There was always a focus on "out executing the competition." This sounds good on paper but results in a lot of short cuts and TONS of technical debt in both HW and SW. This leads to further band-aids/hacks which just perpetuates the core issues.

4.0

Jul 24, 2015

Overall Good

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You have a nice work-life balance, plus the San Diego sun and beaches are a bonus. You can usually control your own work and still find time for meditative walking/swimming/biking when the pressure gets high.

Cons

Upper management doesn't clearly communicate their plans to everyone else, which is understandable for leaks and whatnot, but it's also detrimental in keeping morale. I think they're tight-lipped not because they have things to hide, but rather because they themselves don't know what they're doing. Reacting to a market versus creating a market is not good.

5.0

Jul 11, 2015

Good company with decent pay

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good employee benefits and work life balance

Cons

cant think of any at the moment

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