Poor management breeds discontent, and beware of vicious Indian circles - Anonymous employee Qualcomm Employee Review

4.0
Jan 12, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great colleagues (but very poor managers) Good stock options Great perks and staff benefits

Cons

Sr management is much political who think no end of themselves. Vicious Indian circles. Engineer driver culture, each engineer work very hard but the managers and senior manager reap the benefits.

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