Is Qualcomm a good company to work for as a Staff Programmer Analyst?

Staff Programmer Analyst professionals working at Qualcomm have rated their employer with 3.7 out of 5 stars in 621 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Qualcomm employees being 3.8 out of 5 stars. Search open Staff Programmer Analyst Jobs at Qualcomm now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Staff Programmer Analyst interview questions at Qualcomm .

Does Qualcomm pay Staff Programmer Analyst employees well?

Staff Programmer Analyst professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Qualcomm with 3.8 out of 5 stars based on 621 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.1% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Staff Programmer Analyst salaries at Qualcomm.

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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 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))

Qualcomm Staff Programmer Analyst reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(621 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

62% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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Staff Programmer Analyst employees have rated Qualcomm with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 621 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Staff Programmer Analyst professionals have a good working experience there. Qualcomm is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Staff Programmer Analyst professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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621 reviews

4.0

Jun 27, 2026

Strong design team but concerns about leadership

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great design team. Learn a lot in the project. Great resources for self motivated technical improvement.

Cons

Big wave of talented engineers leaving in some critical departments. CEO lacks responsibility on the company development. CEO and CFO have been selling their stocks a lot every year.

3.0

Jun 25, 2026

Great company, but it really depends on your team.

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice office, Nice staff, Nice Management in Cork, Paid parking, Some flexibility

Cons

Information Silo'd, US teams are very slow to share info with Irish teams. Poor communication across all areas of the company, A number of Engineers wont share information with teams and colleagues due to " If i have all the info, i cant be fired" attitude, Management wont do anything. Certain bad behaviour by staff is not corrected possibly for fear of "racism" Working with SanDiego based teams requires calls later in the evening. Internal opportunities are poor, Certain roles are blocked for certain employees, Alot of Job descriptions are very misleading.

4.0

Jun 20, 2026

Career growth and tech opportunities, but work-life balance suffers

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Scope to grow your career is unlimited Opportunities to work on the latest technologies while they are still in the works

Cons

Work life balance is not always great

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