Qualcomm reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(10,957 total reviews)
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70% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,957 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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2.0
Nov 29, 2013

Good company ruined by politics and dishonesty

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Pros

good money, flexibility in working hours

Cons

1.) There is higher than usual amount of what I would term vicious politics (its like a war in a zoo honestly); my direct superior distorted information constantly before giving info on project progress to middle management thereby making the real person doing the work look bad to make them look good - they will constantly throw you under the bus. 2.) Lack of transparency and dishonesty; lots of closed door meetings where you are excluded because its more politics than work. 3.) Backstabbing & gossip - lots of it. 4.) Your direct report may not want to share knowledge necessary to do the work because they fear you will take over their own jobs, for the same reason they will not document work. 5.) Culture clash - if you must work here you must be well versed in Chinese/ Indian values/ culture, for example, if you say what you honestly think and are completely honest, it may be considered a 'loss of face' and you will be punished. You dare not argue a valid point with superiors too. 6.) Bad staff are let to stay because they are friends of management. 7.) Limited chances for career advancement.

1.0
Sep 15, 2013

Pathetic and inhuman

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Pros

Third generation technologies and challenging work target

Cons

Most unethical and unprofessional working environment I have ever experienced.....Its like forest animal culture and working style....

1.0
Feb 11, 2013
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Pros

Good benefits, Comparable salary to industry standard

Cons

The company's mother ship is in San Diego, they have been buying a lot of startups, the problem is that they don't know how to handle them and pour hard earned cash into some of these non profit divisions which are basically allowed to treat a lot of hard working individuals anyway they want. Too many PHD's with no managerial experience that think they are god doing technician level work. Some are placed in management positions and they are really terrible at it, some cannot even understand English. HR is only a legal front for the managers, holding the sword.

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