Qualcomm reviews

Once management realizes that you work hard and are eager to contribute and excel in your career, they will not promote you but will instead keep you in your current level with a hanging bait that you need to do more to get to that next level you deserve for a long time. There are many people on higher levels who don't work nearly half as much as you do, yet they continue to get promotions and are paid 2x more. That is why this company is not going to last long.

Perhaps due to transitioning from a small to a large firm in a short-span of time, there is intense inter-office politics. Too many people in mid/upper management holding those positions solely due to longevity and not due to competence. One can easily see that the smarter younger talent is stifled by incompetent older people who just "hang around" year after year. Now with the cuts and layoffs, it is as if the merry-go-round has "frozen" and everyone is hanging tight to their seats. Even if one isn't being laid off, it isn't hard to feel that one's career is going nowhere here. There is no opportunity for growth and therefore no excitement to work here anymore.