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 been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Qualcomm?

73% 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 (621) , 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 (66) , 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 1026 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 568 reviews)); "Pay is good and above industry average" ((in 546 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 477 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 399 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 170 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 154 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 134 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 89 reviews)); "Too much politics and performance reviews are not always fair" ((in 88 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.

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3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(11,010 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

69% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Career opportunities

3.6

Culture & values

3.3

Senior management

3.2

Work/Life balance

Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 11,010 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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Reviews by job title

11K reviews

1.0

Feb 23, 2018

Senior GPU Verification Engineer

Senior gpu verification engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Location: San Diego is one of the best location you can work in US.

Cons

GPU is probably the worst department in Qualcomm headed by bunch of clowns. Promotion is only given to sycophants. Unless you are close the the small circle which controls the department, you stand no chance. People in this circle are one of the dumbest in the industry who will eventually blame their failure (almost every project is a certain failure) on employees. Annoyingly, You will always be compared against these people by your manager. Managers are the worst, at times abusive. Outright liars. If you are on immigration , STAY AWAY: Every single day your manager will remind of the HUGE favor done to you by filing your immigration. After all the mental tortue you get every week, your pay is one of the lowest in semiconductor industry.

3.0

Jun 15, 2017

Lost its value

Senior staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance Great work satisfaction Working with good set of people Fellow employees work well with other people due to mutual feedback system

Cons

Top management is not good Lots of politics Underpaid engineers Management does not take care of top contributors Management does not recognize loyal people to the company

3.0

May 30, 2017

Not as good as it once was

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Benefits are good, but not as great as they were in 2008 when I joined; Healthcare, bonuses and stock took a significant hit after the Fall layoff of 2015. * Employee is generally taken care of and has many additionally benefits aside from the aforementioned.

Cons

Too many managers with conflicting interests, overlapping areas of focus, and their own agendas with no repercussions for their misuse of resources or their failing to follow corporate policies; essentially many little unaligned kingdoms fighting for territory.

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