Qualcomm Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Qualcomm full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Culture, technology, opportunities are good.

Cons – Extremely tight schedules, work life balance

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Qualcomm as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Good company to work for, good work culture

Cons – More Triage work .. less of development oppurtunities

Advice to Senior Management – Create more Development opportunities, rather than Triage/root team opportunities

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Qualcomm full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Excellent benefits, good pay, generally good work life balance.

Cons – Lots of politics, review process that encourages backstabbing, major cliques in particular areas.

Advice to Senior Management – Eliminated third party reviews, eliminate differing quality of life standards in different divisions, eliminate cliques.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Qualcomm as an intern for less than a year

Pros – I had a very nice internship experience in qualcomm. People were very nice and the project was very interesting. We did real research!

Cons – I dont have any serious cons to add. There is too much traffic around the headquarters!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Qualcomm full-time for less than a year

Pros – Lots of learning opportunities! People are smart. Good gym. Nice to have single office for each engineer.

Cons – Too big and too stable.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Qualcomm full-time for more than a year

Pros – Very good salary, benefit and work-life balance

Cons – Not I can think of

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Qualcomm full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Cutting Edge Technology. Always sufficiently challenged feeling. Feels taken care of. Open door.

Cons – Lacks Cool factor. Innovation is limited to few Research Groups rather than entire organization. Dont compensate efforts equivalently.

Advice to Senior Management – Plan better for deadlines. Plan for time-offs of your employees who are burning out. There is really no cool-off period. Customer is the King, but your Peasants form the Kingdom.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Qualcomm full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Technology is cutting edge
Location is San Diego, what can I say!
Internal idea incubator

Cons – Weird work hours
Stressful
Thick middle management

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Qualcomm

Pros – Everybody was willing to help you out if you have any problems. Very flat organization. you can talk to just about anyone on your floor without much trouble.

Cons – nothing too bad to talk about. Everyone was very nice

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Qualcomm full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Where I am at, we are working on the latest and greatest. I work around highly motivated, intelligent people who keep me young and challenged.

Cons – Sometimes you still have to deal with the politics of a big company.

Advice to Senior Management – You will get more out of your employees if you manage down instead of up.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend