Qualcomm Employee Reviews about "no work life"
Updated Dec 3, 2021

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Reviews about "no work life"
Return to all Reviews- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great technologies and learning
Nov 2, 2022 - Lead Engineer, Senior in Hyderābād, SindRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
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
Continue reading - Current Contractor, less than 1 year★★★★★
Work-life Balance
Apr 30, 2021 - Systems Test Engineer in San Diego, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
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.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Imbalance work life
Apr 29, 2023 - Senior Staff Engineer in BengaluruRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
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
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Losing traction as patents begin to expire.
Mar 27, 2013 - Staff Engineer in San Diego, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
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.
Continue reading - 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 ChennaiRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
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
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
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.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Works challenges your skills at every aspect
Feb 4, 2019 - Senior Engineer in HyderābādRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
->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 .
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
No Work Life Balance
May 2, 2010 - Staff Software Engineer in Boulder, CORecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
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.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
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Mar 29, 2016 - Senior Staff Manager in BengaluruRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
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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