Senior director - Anonymous employee Qualcomm Employee Review

4.0
8 Nov 2018
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.

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5.0
11 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great company. Corporate teams always striving to be the best which is a great atmosphere to be in and learn from.

Cons

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3.0
2 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, the pay is like okay. Some cool reimbursement programs and health centers on campus

Cons

Career progression and culture varies extremely depending on department. Some parts almost set you up for failure and it's difficult to gain new skills. Lots of qualcomm teams are too scared to explore new technologies and migrate to state of the art services and are comfortable in sticking with old technology for familiarity. Also, HR does nothing if a coworker makes you uncomfortable.

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