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 (822) , Engineer (808) , Staff Engineer (621) , Senior Software Engineer (542) , Senior Staff Engineer (242) , Senior Lead Engineer (205) , Intern (176) , Associate Engineer (137) , Staff Software Engineer (133) , Interim Engineering Intern (124) , Hardware Engineer (116) , Systems Engineer (75) , Senior Hardware Engineer (66) , 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 1052 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 561 reviews)); "Pay is good and above industry average" ((in 555 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 398 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 179 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 161 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 95 reviews)); "Too much politics and performance reviews are not always fair" ((in 90 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?

München , Frankfurt am Main , Ingolstadt , Nürnberg , Sulzbach (Taunus)

Qualcomm reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(10,991 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 10,991 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

11K reviews

3.0

Mar 11, 2019

Qualcomm IT

Systems analyst, senior staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Qualcomm IT supporting Engineering is good place to be. Uses all cutting edge tools and technology.

Cons

Qualcomm has been under lot of stress from competitors specially from Apple. Compamy is on $1B saving strategy. Lot of folks have been let go and IT leadership sucks.

1.0

Mar 1, 2019

"Immature and non-supportive workplace"

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

"You will get to work with cutting-edge technology"

Cons

"Work life Balance is not at all that good" "No work life balance , too much pressure" "Immature and non-supportive workplace"

2.0

Feb 20, 2019

Used to be great. On the downward slope.

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and Compensation are decent compared to others in Michigan.

Cons

Micro managing. Leftover project tasks.

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Qualcomm IT

"Immature and non-supportive workplace"

Used to be great. On the downward slope.

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