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 1023 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 563 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 543 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 480 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 405 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 1130 reviews)); "Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 173 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 157 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 132 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 96 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

2.0

Mar 11, 2015

Was good place to work... Things change

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good location with pockets of technically smart people

Cons

With changing of guard at top entire company culture has changed. More tense as people are worked more with less certainly about job stability at company.

2.0

Jan 14, 2015

staff engineer

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good benefit, and good name in the industry.

Cons

Some low to middle managers treat engineers with no respect, and demanding. thinking they are the BOSS. Poor managers can make your professional life miserable.

2.0

Oct 17, 2014

No work-life balance in QCT and Target SW division

Software/systems test engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Review done every 6 months...good benefit package.

Cons

Lots of late hours and weekend work expected from most engineers and sr engineers...bad managers with bad people skills carrying out directions and pushing it down to whoever...no work life balance at all. HR will mostly take management side...I saw hired consultants not getting paid for weekend work, management wont approve their hours. Maybe ok if you are not working for QCT /Target SW division...not worth sacrificing family time just for the great benefit package...there are plenty of othe companies in San Diego who will pay more salary.

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