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4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(8818 total reviews)

President and CEO Cristiano Amon

Cristiano Amon

82% approve of CEO

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and Benefits

4.0

Diversity and Inclusion

4.0

Career Opportunities

3.9

Culture and Values

3.6

Senior Management

3.5

Work/Life Balance

Ratings distribution

5 stars

30%

4 stars

41%

3 stars

20%

2 stars

6%

1 star

4%

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Found 8,818 of over 10T reviews

Updated 3 Dec 2023

Top Review Highlights by Sentiment

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Pros
  • "All the benefits are good and recently the company is trying to mimic Google like culture(in 835 reviews)
  • "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great.(in 498 reviews)
  • "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary(in 353 reviews)
  • "It's good pay there and working hour is flexible.(in 341 reviews)
  • "People have knowledge and work culture is good(in 320 reviews)
Cons
  • "Work Pressure and no work life balance for few teams(in 805 reviews)
  • "Department management is poor which causes chaos and unhappy employees.(in 308 reviews)
  • "Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads.(in 154 reviews)
  • "Major layoffs in 2015 and again in 2018.(in 131 reviews)
  • "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;(in 115 reviews)
    1. 5.0
      9 Nov 2023
      Engineer
      Current Employee, more than 1 year
      Chennai
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It gives you one of the best helpful environment

      Cons

      Food, language for North people

      1. 5.0
        11 Sept 2022
        Systems Engineer
        Current Employee, more than 1 year
        Bengaluru
        Recommend
        CEO Approval
        Business Outlook

        Pros

        The tasks assigned here are mainstream tasks, directly related to products those are going to be commercialized, this keeps employees motivated, as they know what they are contributing to, There is a lot learn here, we just need to throw ourselves in task and we end up learning a lot of new things

        Cons

        The only down side is extended work hours sometimes

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        1. 4.0
          30 Oct 2023
          Engineer
          Current Employee, more than 3 years
          Bengaluru
          Recommend
          CEO Approval
          Business Outlook

          Pros

          1. Free food: BF, Lunch, Dinner. 2. Cab after 8 for women. After 9 for men 3. Office cab at negligible price 4. Health insurance Free. You can also opt for welfare trust at negligible premium monthly. 5. Snacks wallet every week. 6. Internet Reimbursement 7. 50% Off upto 15000 on Qcom chip products. ( grab samsung 21 fe at just 15k whose current price is 29K) 8. Flex timings 9. No micromanagement 10. Great offices 11. Great Diversity programs 12. Sponsored MTech 13. Awesome clubs avail for diff ineterests like yoga, trekking, cycling, running, dance, music, mentoring 14. Free Gym 15. Reimbursements for gym fees, health equipments, ergonomics etc 16. Free Oreilly Courses 17. Extended leaves if required

          Cons

          Sometimes hectic lifestyle. Lack of enough resources

          1
          1. 4.0
            30 Nov 2023
            Sr Lead Engineer
            Current Employee, more than 3 years
            Bengaluru
            Recommend
            CEO Approval
            Business Outlook

            Pros

            Very good place to learn as an freshers. Good pay for those who are believe in qcom

            Cons

            Work life management. Very bad food

            1. 4.0
              1 Dec 2023
              DFT Engineer
              Former Employee, more than 1 year
              Hyderābād
              Recommend
              CEO Approval
              Business Outlook

              Pros

              lots to learn but no one to explain.

              Cons

              Very heavy work load and in tapeout you are out.

              1. 4.0
                30 Nov 2023
                Associate Engineer
                Current Employee, more than 1 year
                Bengaluru
                Recommend
                CEO Approval
                Business Outlook

                Pros

                You get lots of exposure, you are not shielded directly you take responsibility and learn in the process

                Cons

                Work life balance is difficult

                1. 4.0
                  28 Nov 2023
                  Associate Software Engineer
                  Current Employee
                  Hyderābād
                  Recommend
                  CEO Approval
                  Business Outlook

                  Pros

                  Good work-life balance and exiting projects

                  Cons

                  No cons are coming to my mind except very low pay scale for btechs compared to mtechs

                  1. 3.0
                    24 Nov 2023
                    Physical Design Engineer
                    Current Employee, more than 1 year
                    Bengaluru
                    Recommend
                    CEO Approval
                    Business Outlook

                    Pros

                    Good food and transportation available free of cost.

                    Cons

                    Very bad culture. Toxic people only play blame games.

                    1. 4.0
                      29 Nov 2023
                      ASIC Physical Design Engineer
                      Former Employee, more than 3 years
                      Bengaluru
                      Recommend
                      CEO Approval
                      Business Outlook

                      Pros

                      Good work exposure Good Management

                      Cons

                      Deadlines are very tight. But if you love your work you will enjoy that phase.

                      1. 4.0
                        26 Nov 2023
                        Staff Engineer
                        Current Employee, more than 5 years
                        Hyderābād
                        Recommend
                        CEO Approval
                        Business Outlook

                        Pros

                        Work on New technologies , Flexible timing ,Good pay

                        Cons

                        Unending internal politics, Multitasks ,Increments are average

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