Good work/life balance - Anonymous employee Qualcomm Employee Review

4.0
Oct 23, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good work / life balance - Smart people - Good perks - San Diego - Cordial communications. No shout fest - Company is doing well

Cons

- Low salaries - Low bonus - Did options for a while and they lost lot of smart people. Now they do grants. - Consensus building takes a lot of time - Many people do not have system level knowledge and are focused on their areas

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Cons

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