Qualcomm reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(10,953 total reviews)
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Cristiano Amon

70% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,953 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Qualcomm employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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11K reviews
2.0
Nov 29, 2013

Good company ruined by politics and dishonesty

Anonymous employee
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Pros

good money, flexibility in working hours

Cons

1.) There is higher than usual amount of what I would term vicious politics (its like a war in a zoo honestly); my direct superior distorted information constantly before giving info on project progress to middle management thereby making the real person doing the work look bad to make them look good - they will constantly throw you under the bus. 2.) Lack of transparency and dishonesty; lots of closed door meetings where you are excluded because its more politics than work. 3.) Backstabbing & gossip - lots of it. 4.) Your direct report may not want to share knowledge necessary to do the work because they fear you will take over their own jobs, for the same reason they will not document work. 5.) Culture clash - if you must work here you must be well versed in Chinese/ Indian values/ culture, for example, if you say what you honestly think and are completely honest, it may be considered a 'loss of face' and you will be punished. You dare not argue a valid point with superiors too. 6.) Bad staff are let to stay because they are friends of management. 7.) Limited chances for career advancement.

1.0
Sep 25, 2015

Needs a vision

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Pros

Salary was bellow par with what other companies pay. Bi-annual bonuses and merit increases RSU bonuses dwindled down past years.

Cons

Politically Charged Environment. Secrets, Secrets, Secrets. Poor leadership. Strategy changes on a weekly basis. Expect to work very long hours.

3.0
Jun 16, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

- Progressive and good at recognizing and rewarding talent - Very competitive salaries and benefits, although they're starting to pull in the reigns a little bit - Friendly and humble managers who actually listen to and respect employees - Management seems to have a very clear understanding of goals, and it trickles down well all the way from CEO to low-lever managers - Flexible with days off, work-from-home days (if you can swing it... remember you'll probably need hardware access most days) - Probably the most intelligently-designed performance review system I've ever seen. You could get a promotion even if your immediate boss doesn't like you. It's all based on what your peers, team leads, and managers think of you. Other companies could really learn from Qualcomm here

Cons

- LONG work hours and tight deadlines. Everyone in my office put in at least 60+ hours each and every week almost without fail. The higher you're promoted, the worse it gets - E-mail hell. Nobody uses proper bug tracking software, release software, and documentation is poor and scattered everywhere, so everyone e-mails everyone with everything and you end up with hundreds of e-mails a day, maybe 1% of which you actually care about. It wears you down after a while - This is not a software company; they're a hardware company that writes driver software. So expect poorly written and poorly designed code written with a "just make it work" mentality - Too many products and little-to-no code reuse, so instead of focusing on having one good codebase, you'll end up with 50 crappy ones - Everyone is really stressed and tense, so the culture around the office is not the most pleasant - If you work in the Markham office, it's a satellite office and San Diego HQ makes sure you know it at every turn. Expect super slow VPN access, 4-6 hours to sync using P4/Git, no on-site gym except for the hole-in-the-ground in the basement that they'll reimburse you for

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