Qualcomm Employee Reviews

Great work environment. Manager was always willing to help and give encouragement whenever either me or other coworkers needed it. Workplace was very relaxed, but everyone got their work done.

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Great Compnay - Very good employee benefits

IT Engineer (Current Employee) - San Diego, CA - September 11, 2023

Hi, I have been working for last 10+ years and had great opportunity to learn new technology. Employee benefits are one of the top in the industry. I love working here.

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Feeling of personal appreciation
Clear sense of purpose
Ability to learn new things

I am always learning new things from my colleagues and sharing my experiences with others as well.

Materials Product Manager (9 (Current Employee) - San Diego, CA - September 11, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Flexibility and opportunity for growth.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?None that I can think of . People work closely and there is a team work effort between employees.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?There are different backgrounds and cultures in Qualcomm and every one respects and works as a team. Openness and honesty feedback from coworkers and management. What is a typical day like for you at the company?Very busy and most of my day is spent in meetings and the rest of the day trying to get work done on time.

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Keeps laying off people

Staff Engineer (Current Employee) - San Diego, CA - September 8, 2023

The company is in a death spiral, and keeps laying off people. The management is running out of ideas and just uses bad ideas. The CEO is promising so much in the earning but never delivered.

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Working here for a really long time

Test Engineer (Current Employee) - San Diego, CA - August 31, 2023

It's not like the place it used to be where you felt very proud to work here. Many colleagues left for better pay and opportunities. Insurance is great and open door policy allows it to be collaborative.

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Test Technician (Former Employee) - San Diego, CA - August 17, 2023

Best company to work for I worked fir a third party manpower, but wish o was their permanent employee . Some times it could be hectic but your hard work is always appreciated

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An extremely steep uphill battle that is not worh the effort.

SENIOR STAFF PHYSICAL DESIGN (Former Employee) - San Diego, CA - August 11, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?A big company that operates with a very old mindset--managers get large bonuses and promotions while those under them get no recognition (verbally or financially). Recommendation: get in at the highest level you can possibly argue for because you will remain stagnant there for a very, very, very long time...What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Managers lacking integrity to the point where they claim full credit for work in which they had absolutey no involvement.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?More time, money and effort spent on the current woke social culture than on employee or product development.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Set goals for myself to complete the tasks to which I've been assigned and/or committed myself to despite getting no credit or recognition for major innovations that have drastically improved efficiency, error reduction and throughput for multiple teams.

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Ok

Patent Counsel (Former Employee) - San Diego, CA - August 8, 2023

Fairly dysfunctional leader, ship based on hiring people that are not better than you to ensure that you don’t look bad. Technology is really fun though.

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Decent place to work

Engineer (Current Employee) - San Diego, CA - August 4, 2023

Company outlook isn’t looking too bright. WLB is decent, has a lot of politics. Good place to learn. Surrounded by smart people. Pay is around average

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excellent place to work

sr staff engineer (Current Employee) - San Diego, CA - July 28, 2023

excellent place to work. life balance is adequate . Great career growth potential . I would recommend Qualcomm to anyone. Not so easy to move from dept to dept though

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Okay place to work at.

Test Technician, Senior (Current Employee) - San Diego, CA - July 27, 2023

Slow growth even when you go above and beyond. Very flexible schedule, so good work/life balance. Higher ups don’t like communicating with each other, so you get told different information for projects. But other than that, it’s chill.

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Management heavy

Staff Software Engineer (Former Employee) - San Diego, CA - July 18, 2023

I had administrative manager, program manager, mentor and none were available as a supportive resource. The job was completely remote and was difficult to integrate into the culture.

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Very stressful but so, so rewarding

Telecomm Engineer, SR (Former Employee) - San Diego, CA - July 18, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Good, good people. We always had the latest and greatest of technology.The professionalism The opportunitiesWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Being on call. With all the new technology, it was difficult to troubleshoot things if you weren't able to stay on top of all systemsWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Great. Alot of pride within the employees.What is a typical day like for you at the company?No day was the same. One day your configuring a new office in another country, the next testing equipment for executive events.

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Great place to work for in Wireless domain

Senior Engineer (Current Employee) - San Diego, CA - July 16, 2023

* Good place to start your career in, with lots of learning opportunity across multiple domains in tech* Mostly decent WLB, may not be great in some modem teams, especially in launch time windows* Management needs better vision and communication to earn trust of employees

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Exciting but hard work

Senior Staff Engineer (Former Employee) - San Diego, CA - July 15, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Very interesting work and good renumerationWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Long hours, moving back to onsite workingWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?It was good when remote, but onsite ruins life work balanceWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?In my role it was developing 5g fw

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Depends on team

Software Engineer (Former Employee) - San Diego, CA - June 30, 2023

Some team are good. you can learn more. but eventually politics take over. its big public company with lots pros and cons. Its a top heavy management. most of work is carried by low level engineers. worklife balance worst.

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many politics

Staff engineer (Former Employee) - San Diego, CA - June 28, 2023

There are a lot of politics and competitions among different groups. Many mangers don't do anything but just politics. They promote people who don't work too much but only because they're their close buddies.

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intense

Finance Manager (Former Employee) - San Diego, CA - May 19, 2023

finance department is fast paced. prepare to work at an intense pace and long hours. promotion is mostly fair - but also depends on how late you are able to stay. promotion is more difficult for women with kids who have more restrictive schedules in the evening.

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No work life balance

Hardware Engineer (Current Employee) - San Diego, CA - May 18, 2023

The pay is great, but you'll end up working long hours mon-fri and sometimes on the weekends. Work here as your first job to gain the experience in a fast paced company.

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Security Officer (Former Employee) - San Diego County, CA - May 16, 2023

I worked for them through another company and when the opportunity arose I chose not to work for them directly. I didn't like the way they're management treated their subordinates. I also didn't like the way the Qualcomm employees treated employees that were from other companies contracted to work there.

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Excellent workplace

Senior Manager, Operations (Current Employee) - San Diego, CA - May 12, 2023

Best place to work, great people, great opportunities and very competitive compensation. The company is in the cutting edge of technology and has great future on the changing tech environment.

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