"Not Innovating any more" - Staff Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

2.0
Aug 19, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

San Diego Sometimes challenging work One won't be idle and have some or other project to work

Cons

Heavy in the top management, where technical contribution is very low. Base pay seems to be lower than industry standard Less diverse teams Weightage not given to quality work but to quantity.

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 27, 2026
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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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