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 (823) , 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 (134) , 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 1070 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 554 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 533 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 473 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 402 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 172 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 132 reviews)); "Too much politics and performance reviews are not always fair" ((in 85 reviews)); "life balance is not good since the modem team is under staffed" ((in 85 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)

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Qualcomm reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(10,995 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

69% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Career opportunities

3.6

Culture & values

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.2

Senior management

Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,995 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).

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Reviews by job title

11K reviews

2.0

Jan 29, 2018

Senior systems engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

nice place in San diego. if you find the right team you can avoid doing actual work just exist.

Cons

no career prospect. most smart people have left and only the dumb ones are left. Almost no documentation is done on previous work/design.

3.0

Dec 23, 2017

software engineer

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- compensation is pretty good - work/life balance is pretty good - nice perks like a gym, health center, etc.

Cons

- it is a pretty soulless place to work (maybe not for all groups). You must enjoy doing tedious work, devoid of creativity. Most of the work involves logistics. - the career progression culminates in a routine of meetings and power-point - there are very few American engineers, which seems odd for an American location. Working there is like working in a foreign country, which is fun sometimes. But, it is difficult to not feel like an outsider as an American engineer. - there is very little diversity - the culture is very passive aggressive.

4.0

Oct 19, 2017

Good company for lower experienced engineers, top is heavy. More leaders for given work.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Latest technology work and lower experienced engineers will have option to diversify by moving internally

Cons

Top is heavy, most of the lower level work is getting out sourced. Due to many leaders in team, innovation is gone and execution is becoming more which can be easily replaceable by outsourcing. Contribution of individual ppl is not tracked properly.

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