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?

73% 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, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Qualcomm?

Software Engineer (976) , Senior Engineer (826) , Engineer (809) , Staff Engineer (621) , Senior Software Engineer (542) , Senior Staff Engineer (242) , Senior Lead Engineer (206) , Intern (176) , Associate Engineer (137) , Staff Software Engineer (134) , Interim Engineering Intern (124) , Hardware Engineer (116) , Systems Engineer (75) , Senior Hardware Engineer (67) , 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 586 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 547 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 490 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 408 reviews))

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

"Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 174 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 165 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 136 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 89 reviews)); "life balance is not good since the modem team is under staffed" ((in 88 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

73% would recommend to a friend

(11,010 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

69% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 11,010 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).

Reviews by job title

11K reviews

2.0

Dec 4, 2024

No WLB. Promote the dumb

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

4 day RTO but flexible time

Cons

Teams have no wlb. Qualcomm is filled with people who contribute little but take away credits. Management is highly diplomatic and always prefer conformity over correctness

2.0

Dec 2, 2024

No life work balance

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Trying to think of one

Cons

No life work balance and very rude

3.0

Dec 1, 2024

WLB is bit murky

Associate engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good pay for a hardware engineer

Cons

the indian managers will make sure you hate your job there and they just stick up to the white person's schedule and expect you to do the same. have some self respect and log off after 5pm, mate

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