Qualcomm reviews

Experience largely depends on the team. On my there were lots of pressure, overtime (even over night) is expected and implied. People are treated like slaves. Morale is very low, many members of the team H1Bs that have no choice but to shut up and work. Management does not seem to care about the work life balance of its employees.

Work life balance is bad, and I have feedback about this to my supervisor, only to be told that "that's the way it is". The twice-yearly performance review system is a farce, the increments are more like yearly increment being spread out twice, and the increments are never worth the hours that we put in. Increment amounts are also dubious, and can differ > 5% between employees with same work function. The general focus is not on the engineering work, but on creating "visibility" for yourself, which seems to be the top "unwritten" agenda; if you've done good work and you don't sell/promote to your supervisors, its your own fault because its not their job to know and recognize what you've done. Some managers seems to be more concerned about VIP visits and RC activities than the real engineering work. Way too many meetings.