Great company, but the increasingly 'Indian' work-culture may be its undoing. - Staff Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

4.0
Apr 1, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Generous to employees. Great corporate policies. Mindful of ethics. Lots of freedom for employees. Overall, the official corporate stance 'Innovate, Execute & Partner' is awesome.

Cons

Excessive email volume. Multi-tasking is encouraged (and seems to be an excuse for not planning). More than 80% of Saturdays turn out to be working days - mostly to please and service Asian customers. Too much work-load. Frequent sparse work-load stretched over 12 hour days. Most jobs require 24-hour support with a 12-hour shift handled from India which needs untimely conference calls for tracking. All the cons come from a largely Indian mindset, temperament and work-culture.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

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