Does Qualcomm pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Qualcomm employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Qualcomm. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Qualcomm?

72% of Qualcomm employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Qualcomm 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Qualcomm?

Software Engineer (975) , Senior Engineer (822) , Engineer (806) , Staff Engineer (619) , Senior Software Engineer (541) , Senior Staff Engineer (242) , Senior Lead Engineer (205) , Intern (176) , Associate Engineer (137) , Staff Software Engineer (133) , Interim Engineering Intern (124) , Hardware Engineer (116) , Systems Engineer (75) , Senior Hardware Engineer (66) , Software Engineer(Internship) (65)

What are the pros of working at Qualcomm according to real employee reviews?

"All the benefits are good and recently the company is trying to mimic Google like culture" ((in 1067 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 583 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 537 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 468 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 404 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Qualcomm according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance and lots of pressure during tape" ((in 1123 reviews)); "Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 172 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 166 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 133 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 93 reviews))

What are employees saying about Qualcomm layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Qualcomm layoffs and their outlook for job security at Qualcomm in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Qualcomm locations?

Paris , Lannion , Strasbourg , Grenoble

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3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(10,981 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

68% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.2

Senior management

Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,981 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

11K reviews

3.0

Apr 3, 2015

its "ALL WORK" & "NO LIFE" place

Senior engineer ( physical design)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

descent benefits, flexible timings, exposure of latest techonology

Cons

- Big communication gap between management & engineers. Management signs up too many projects beyond the execution limits of its engineers causing too much work pressure. As a result, you are expected to work late nights and weekends without exceptions. - There are too many mid level managers whose primary job is to conduct meetings through out the day, where only job done is collecting the status. Half of your day time goes into attending the meetings. - There is lot of politics & blame game across different teams.

4.0

Apr 1, 2015

Great company, but the increasingly 'Indian' work-culture may be its undoing.

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

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.

3.0

Mar 15, 2015

Not the same company

Senior systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are lots of very smart people. They provide very good benefits and are a good community citizen (for now). If you're on the right project (especially if it's a manager's pet project), work is great and you'll get the opportunity for advancement.

Cons

Unless you're on the right projects, there's no career advancement. Too many managers have reached their "Peter Principle" levels and are afraid of taking risks or mistakes.

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