Qualcomm reviews

- LONG work hours and tight deadlines. Everyone in my office put in at least 60+ hours each and every week almost without fail. The higher you're promoted, the worse it gets - E-mail hell. Nobody uses proper bug tracking software, release software, and documentation is poor and scattered everywhere, so everyone e-mails everyone with everything and you end up with hundreds of e-mails a day, maybe 1% of which you actually care about. It wears you down after a while - This is not a software company; they're a hardware company that writes driver software. So expect poorly written and poorly designed code written with a "just make it work" mentality - Too many products and little-to-no code reuse, so instead of focusing on having one good codebase, you'll end up with 50 crappy ones - Everyone is really stressed and tense, so the culture around the office is not the most pleasant - If you work in the Markham office, it's a satellite office and San Diego HQ makes sure you know it at every turn. Expect super slow VPN access, 4-6 hours to sync using P4/Git, no on-site gym except for the hole-in-the-ground in the basement that they'll reimburse you for

Worked in the IP department, and the treatment of the staff has gone downhill, pay raises were minimal - had to get part time job just to help cover costs of living in San Diego with 2 in college.