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 (975) , Senior Engineer (819) , Engineer (802) , Staff Engineer (618) , Senior Software Engineer (539) , Senior Staff Engineer (241) , Senior Lead Engineer (205) , Intern (176) , Associate Engineer (137) , Staff Software Engineer (132) , Interim Engineering Intern (124) , Hardware Engineer (116) , Systems Engineer (75) , Senior Hardware Engineer (65) , 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 1031 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 579 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 536 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 467 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 407 reviews))

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

"Stictly no support from management and to get support the person should be good in buttering manager in their native language(south indian)." ((in 167 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 160 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 131 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 89 reviews)); "Too much politics and performance reviews are not always fair" ((in 87 reviews))

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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.

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3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(10,957 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

70% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Career opportunities

3.6

Culture & values

3.3

Senior management

3.2

Work/Life balance

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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11K reviews

4.0

Feb 8, 2013

QCOM - Very challenging work, great benefits/bonuses, CRAZY LONG WORK HOURS IN QCT - A SWEATSHOP

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Challenging work, very professional staff, great benefits, industry leader, room to grow.

Cons

If working in the largest division, QCT - (Qualcomm CDMA Technologies) - it's a SWEATSHOP, SWEATSHOP, SWEATSHOP... expect 60+ hour weeks routine unless you are very good at pushing back. That is why they are industry leader - they extract more output per employee than similar companies at the expense of the employee.

3.0

Aug 23, 2012

Great company to invest in, but not to work at.

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Still the leader in wireless. Lightyears ahead of other mobile chip makers.

Cons

Qualcomm has had lots of burn out in the past couple years. During my exit interview, the HR person mentioned they are seeing a gradual increase in employees leaving due to burn out. I'm still in contact with my old co-workers there and it's the same story: long hours, constant pressure to meet aggressive schedules. If you are hell bent on working at Qualcomm, avoid the QCT division. They work their engineers like dogs there. I was part of the modem group when I left and they had the most aggressive working hours. While I still worked there, a QCT engineer committed suicide in 2010 which made big news, but there was another recent QCT suicide in June of 2012 that was hush hush possibly due to timing of a big PR announcement. This is what my sources who still work here tell me. Very sad.

1.0

Sep 17, 2011

Politics, Politics, Politics

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Qualcomm is a stable company, Benefits are great, Salary is decent

Cons

The company is riddled with politics. If you want a promotion, then you need to sucking up. Your achievements and effort does not count at all.

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