QUALCOMM CDMA Reviews in San Diego, CA Area

Pros

Many opportunities to work on latest technology.
Working hours are somewhat flexible.
Generally, it is a collaborative culture.
Many graduate classes offered on campus.
Competitive compensation when considering stock compensation .
San Diego is a nice area.

Cons

Cost of living in San Diego (California) is high.
Too many meetings, and several after hours meetings
Several layers of management.

Advice to Senior Management

Management should do whatever it takes to retain high performing, sharp employees.
Stick to what Qualcomm does best, drive the technology instead of just following the trend/customers. Take risks.

Pros

Good salary, benefits, Cutting Edge project, good engineers

Cons

Low efficient working style, Poor management

Pros

Leads in modem technology. Total solution provider

Cons

Mature Cash Cow. Change in work force. More and more talented people are leaving. In place are complacent VPs

Advice to Senior Management

Start to manage expenses as margins get squeezed

Pros

Good benefits and fair salary

Cons

Not a trustable environment between group.

Pros

Good support from management that allows engineers to follow up on items deemed important. Qualcomm also allows a flexible schedule as long as your work is completed on time.

Cons

A lot of the perks which used to be in place which made Qualcomm such a fun place to work have gone away.
Many engineers at Qualcomm work well beyond the standard 40 hour work week and that is what is expected of engineers in order to get ahead.

Pros

QCT has one of the best health benefit. Good RSU bonus.
There are lots of work to do and you can learn from them.

Cons

you need to be political to promote and be recognized
Be ready to work at home during night time.
Not easy to balance between work life and personal life

Advice to Senior Management

Please don't evaluate engineers by their e-mails and words but by their work, results, and maturity. Need to remove political culture.

Pros

Great company and products and people

Cons

Hard work at the expense of personal time away from family

Pros

Good technical talent and cutting edge technology, fast paced and folks take pride in their accomplishments. Decent work life balance and lot of training courses for internal training.

Cons

Low growth opportunities, politics and favoritism, management not focussed on employees growth and creating new challenges.

Advice to Senior Management

Make necessary changes in management to align the teams to achieve the goals, listen to employees at all levels and encourage an open culture for new ideas and improving things. Reduce politics and buddy system, find the true performances and value creators and reward them. Management shouldn't reward fire fighting or senior management whose style is just yelling and screaming....

Pros

Great people.
Casual atmosphere
Tried to do some nice things for company

Cons

Management did not inform employees of their vision or goals. On contrary, seemed to be a secret.

Advice to Senior Management

Better communication, remember rewards and some recognition is important for people who are taking time away from their families to work overtime.

Pros

They offer benefits which are not matched by many companies out there

Cons

Can be a very tough environment to work in. People tend to hoard information and data if there is any feeling that information may help someone else for fear they will loose out on compensation/merit increase. This creates counterproductive environment.

Advice to Senior Management

Judge people on technical merits not politically motivated connections.