Used to be great - Senior Staff Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

2.0
Jul 9, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice facilities Good benefits, although this is getting worse in 2016 High end technology

Cons

Extremely political environment Promotions are only given to those in the inner click Unreasonable deadlines leading to a very stressful environment Very long work hours and no work life balance Incompetent middle management, as a result of the politicized promotions process Company losing competitive edge What company gives $95 millions to the CEO when it is losing market share and its stock is severely underperforming

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