Chaotic environment, non-stop firefighting, and back-stabbing managers - Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

2.0
Aug 17, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

- the wireless market is hot - technology driven - employees are nice to work with

Cons

- the place is chaotic with lack of clear direction and leadership - there are many good manager and as many or more bad managers - senior leadership does not really know what's going on at lower level - people that are contributing are ignored and the ones that don't do work get promoted/recognized - a lot of fire-fighting with no clear project schedule or strategy - watch out for back-stabbing managers that will sacrifice their employees for their own advancements and agendas

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