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Pros
  • "All the benefits are good and recently the company is trying to mimic Google like culture(in 807 reviews)
  • "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great.(in 503 reviews)
  • "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary(in 337 reviews)
  • "Pay is good and above industry average(in 336 reviews)
  • "People have knowledge and work culture is good(in 283 reviews)
Cons
  • "Work Pressure and no work life balance for few teams(in 749 reviews)
  • "Department management is poor which causes chaos and unhappy employees.(in 297 reviews)
  • "Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads.(in 134 reviews)
  • "Major layoffs in 2015 and again in 2018.(in 123 reviews)
  • "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;(in 109 reviews)
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941
  1. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 3 years

    Great technologies and learning

    Nov 2, 2022 - Lead Engineer, Senior in Hyderābād, Sind
    Recommend
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    Pros

    You get to work amongst smartest of brains

    Cons

    The work life balance goes pretty bad time to time and you might end up burning out yourself more often

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  2. 2.0
    Current Contractor, less than 1 year

    Work-life Balance

    Apr 30, 2021 - Systems Test Engineer in San Diego, CA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    At Qualcomm, you will get to work on new technology and will get an opportunity to get hands-on experience upcoming technology

    Cons

    There is fix schedule to work. Your manager can ping you at any time in the evening after work hours. It depends on your team manager. Sometimes they will ping you at late in the night which disturbs work life balance.

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  4. 4.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    Good company

    May 23, 2022 - Senior Engineer in Bengaluru
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Using cutting edge technology. Company is growing very well specially in 5G.

    Cons

    Nothing as such but if we consider 1 than work life balance is not so great but still manageable.

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  5. 3.0
    Current Employee, more than 3 years

    Imbalance work life

    Apr 29, 2023 - Senior Staff Engineer in Bengaluru
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Salary Technology Benifits Stable Focus shifted Product diversity

    Cons

    Worst work life balance More Politics than technical Overlapped projects Execution Focus than career development Less collaboration between teams

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  6. 2.0
    Former Employee, more than 3 years

    Losing traction as patents begin to expire.

    Mar 27, 2013 - Staff Engineer in San Diego, CA
    Recommend
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    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Excellent cash, market and historical patent position in CDMA wireless. Enormous potential for continued leadership in mobile markets.

    Cons

    Cost and schedule rule with quality and work life balance suffering severely in certain areas. 'Yes men' more and more the key to advancement and survival. Delusions of divinity in certain areas. Better opportunities developing elsewhere.

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  7. 3.0
    Current Employee, more than 5 years

    Good learning , growth in career with tradeoff on your personal time and health

    Feb 18, 2023 - Lead Senior Engineer in Chennai
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Good learning on latest Techs and methodologies. Good management and support vey Good pay

    Cons

    Improper flows and highly dynamic environments. Very less work life balance Loose most of your weekends in working through out the year

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  8. 4.0
    Former Employee

    Very good environment and experiences

    Nov 9, 2009 -  
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Very smart and focused people to work with. Lots of resources available for research, professional development, etc. Very open and enjoyable environment to work in.

    Cons

    Work life balance is very poor during 'crunch' times and could be improved in general. Work hours and work load is highly team dependent.

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  9. 4.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    Works challenges your skills at every aspect

    Feb 4, 2019 - Senior Engineer in Hyderābād
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    ->Good work ->Leader in Mobile segment. ->Good pay out and bonus. ->Freedom to choose your work.

    Cons

    ->Work life balance is almost zero you will end up working on weekends. ->Almost 14hr a work on a average day work .

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  10. 2.0
    Current Employee

    No Work Life Balance

    May 2, 2010 - Staff Software Engineer in Boulder, CO
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    The compensation is decent. if you are in the right team, one gets to work on latest cutting edge technologies.

    Cons

    There is no regard for work life balance as there is one deadline after the other. The expectation is that all the goals are met without any regard for employees time/personal life. The processes in place are a big mess where even a simple tasks needs a list of process related activities. For new employees, the training and help with ramp up is non existant.

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  11. 3.0
    Current Employee, more than 8 years

    Qualcom Company

    Mar 29, 2016 - Senior Staff Manager in Bengaluru
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Good technology company that drives the cutting edge firsts in the industry. Pioneer in CDMA and has opportunity to work on industry first wireless technology.

    Cons

    Hectic work environment with fastest time to market necessity. This will create lesser work life balance by the nature of the wireless market etc.

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