good old boys gang, lower level staff mistreated - Staff Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

1.0
12 Jun 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Excellent benefits, especially if you are Sr. Staff and above(that's right their class system applied to not just salaries and bonuses)

Cons

#1 Arrogance runs through this place. #2 Outdated IT environment makes it difficult to accomplish tasks #3 Seems completely headless when making decisions, nobody is willing to stick their neck out, see #1. #4 HR/Recruiting are clueless and offend people for no real reason, see #1. #5 Entrenched management is checked out, leaving their "underlings" to do all the work. It's also impossible to advance in this company without having friends at the VP level.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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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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