Screwing over employees - Staff Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

1.0
Apr 21, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Smart people in some teams working on very interesting projects. Decent compensation and benefits but going away very fast. Flexible work schedule in some teams.

Cons

Massive cost cutting while returning billions of dollars to investors. Reduction in medical benefits. Bonuses and stock awards for employees have been cut. Executives are compensated based on how much cash they return to investors in the form of dividends and share buyback programs. Employees are fleeing the company because the management doesn't seem to care about the employees. Big company feel. IT often gets in the way instead of solving problems. No laptop upgrades unless it's broken and can't be fixed. Being at the bottom of the technology food chain sucks. We are fighting for scraps thrown at us by ecosystem players. We need to move up the food chain.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 27, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great design team. Learn a lot in the project. Great resources for self motivated technical improvement.

Cons

Big wave of talented engineers leaving in some critical departments. CEO lacks responsibility on the company development. CEO and CFO have been selling their stocks a lot every year.

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