Qualcomm reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(10,993 total reviews)
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Cristiano Amon

69% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,993 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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1.0
Aug 16, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They pay you a salary

Cons

Support services are in chaos, IS have had experienced staff and managers fired, you deal with someone with a script in a call centre somewhere on the other side of the world who is polite but clueless. Calls are then lost and must be chased daily for weeks before anything happens. Director to President level managers all act like they are petrified of being fired and are much more worried about covering their rears and looking good than about actually solving any problems. Bucks get passed instead of issues being worked on, it's like being in a giant game of pass the parcel with the prize inside being a ticking bomb. Promotions are rationed and handed out to favourites rather than on the basis of ability. Everybody is terrified of making commitments in case they can't meet them, so rather than make a decision people call a meeting and try to delegate or escalate until they are off the hook. San Diego is the centre of the universe, but don't have a clue about time zones and expect UK to work on their schedule then act all hurt if we don't want to routinely turn up to meetings scheduled at midnight. Management keep saying "no more headcount reductions" rapidly followed by another round of sackings. Do they think we are too stupid to notice? I worked at CSR for over a decade before it was taken over by Qualcomm, it's impressive how fast they have turned around the company and made it into a disfunctional nightmare.

2.0
Jul 20, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Competitive base salary. Better if you work in San Diego HQ.

Cons

Too much bureaucracy, corp politics, and structure slowing down innovation and new business growth. Health care benefit plans has recently changed. It used be no out-of-pocket. Now for a family of four, you may $100s per month. <1000 credit for deductibles. It's a new/horrible complicated system that will not keep Qualcomm competitive to attract new employees. A lot of budget cuts in the recent years slowing down progress. Layoffs in the 2015. Cut bonuses and stocks extensively. In general an old-fashion company who hasn't caught up with time when providing for employees. Personally, I think having offices of every employee is a waste of real-estate and prohibits collaboration.

4.0
Jul 3, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Qualcomm is a stable, established company. They never tried to pit employees against each other, only against the marketplace.

Cons

Because they\re chasing the marketplace, the life of an engineer is hazardous. If your product isn't going to make it successfully in the marketplace, you had better start looking to transfer to another division.

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