QUALCOMM Reviews

Pros

Stability of the company, Leader in its field

Cons

There is too much career stagnation

Advice to Senior Management

Offer more opportunities for promotions...

Pros

Good place to live and work at. A lot of different dept and position to work at.

Cons

The company is a little bit too big. Too much email not productive. too much level to go through.

Advice to Senior Management

too much level. overall the communication is email based. The communication between different dept sometimes can be quite frustrated.

Pros

-Great benefits, including full health/dental
-Tuition reimbursement (if related to your job)
-Bonus structure
-Stock plan
-401k matching
-Clear management goals, good structure to the company
-Well-defined roles
-Internal inovation process where you can submit new product ideas.

Cons

-The roles can be too narrow if you are a jack-of-all-trades
-Stock upside isn't what it used to be
-Hard to advance up the ladder quickly

Advice to Senior Management

Help employees get more training by supporting more education opportunities in nearby colleges or even onsite. I saw many friends leave that were talented but couldn't find a role within the company because the roles tend to be narrowly focused. Also, don't rely on the massive revenue from royalties, seek to take more risks in bringing new products/ideas to market even if some don't succeed. Place even more emphasis on internal innovation and allow employees to devote a portion of their day-hours to this effort.

Pros

Work life balance
Love the food choices in the cafes!
Great technical people to work.
IT is on cutting edge of technology
Great Benefits
Qualcomm Management promotes a colaborative culture

Cons

Vertically Intergrated
New Product roll outs seem to be very late
Long tenure is rewarded
Growth in terms of salary is very slow
Promotions are hard to come by unless you are politically savy.
Advice to Senior Management

Advice to Senior Management

Management needs to Reward job performance not tenure.
Take a hard look at the political nature of middle management.

Pros

topline technologies, stable company to work for

Cons

long hours, expect to get more pay

Advice to Senior Management

hike in salary

Pros

good compensation and facilities
Exposure to the industry at much bigger scale
fun part is also considered
lot of effort is put on employee work life balance

Cons

People management needs to be better
facilities are there, but again mismanagement is there too
the project flow needs to improve and be more employee friendly

Pros

Good employee benefits
Great experience for fresh grads

Cons

Sometimes work long hours and weekends
Travel to HQ in San Diego

Pros

Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great.

Cons

None, I have no complaints

Pros

Generous compensation, happy people who want to be here and are glad to help, unlimited learning opportunities (library, online QC courses, QC instructor led classes, etc).

Cons

Still encounter some people who are overstressed and unhappy most of the time, which can spread like a plague to others. Fortunately these people are VERY few and far between.

Pros

Top player in the industry

Cons

None that I can think of

Advice to Senior Management

Keep leading this industry!