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Paul E. Jacobs
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
2013-05-16 17:50 PDT
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
2013-05-16 23:20 PDT
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
2013-05-17 15:54 PDT
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
2013-05-02 10:19 PDT
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
2013-05-05 14:33 PDT
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
2013-05-08 20:20 PDT
1 person found this helpful
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
2013-04-20 11:06 PDT
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
2013-04-24 14:24 PDT
5 people found this helpful
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
2013-04-03 13:27 PDT
1 person found this helpful
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
2013-04-17 00:39 PDT
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