Qualcomm reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(11,009 total reviews)
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Cristiano Amon

69% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 11,009 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Nov 8, 2018

Senior director

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Brilliant people drive themselves to win, and the company won big over decades. Priceless experience you can't get elsewhere. Launching technology around the world, and changing the world in a big way.

Cons

Unfortunately morale has gone down over the past couple years. Quite a bit in 2018, after some significant layoffs. You will work long hours, but it's been that way for decades. Expect that in any tech company these days. All this "work life balance" stuff you see is not true - anywhere. Tech advances more rapidly year over year. If you are excited about the work and fruits of the company's labor, you don't think so much about the balance. That's the way it was until a couple years ago. Now it's more thinking about the balance and if you really want to continue working there. Ratings in all categories below would be higher if rated 2+ years ago.

1.0
Oct 25, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Nice campus - Some people are nice (emphasis on the word "some")

Cons

- Extremely top heavy - Useless management - Very political - No transparency - Promotions not based on merit - No vision - No career growth

4.0
Aug 16, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are many opportunities to learn new tools, skills, and technologies here, and a lot of great employee perks like free online educational programs, if you take advantage of them. The pay and benefits are still among the best in San Diego.

Cons

The atmosphere no longer feels like a family like it did when the Jacobs family was calling the shots. The primary focus seems to be on the stock price, rather than on innovation. They got the U.S. president to save the company from the Broadcom hostile takeover, but the company is still outsourcing jobs by the hundreds.

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