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?

72% 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, 3.5 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 (806) , Staff Engineer (619) , Senior Software Engineer (541) , 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 1038 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 585 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 547 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 469 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 399 reviews))

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

"Work Pressure and no work life balance for few teams" ((in 1110 reviews)); "Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 178 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 166 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 130 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 98 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

72% would recommend to a friend

(10,982 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

68% 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 10,982 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

5.0

Feb 15, 2012

Its a very stable and challenging place to work.

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Job stability, great benefits and on the leading edge of emerging technologies.

Cons

Qualcomm is an older company. There are not as many young employees. There are times when there is a great deal of political jostling

5.0

Feb 8, 2012

Wonderful experience more or less

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

this is a great place to work, good salary, work culture, benefits. San diego weather is awesome as well, ha.

Cons

Laid back, reactive nature, but that's changing. Would be good to have more socializing amongst employees. Also, bad office space, too cramped.

3.0

Jan 27, 2012

Good

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent Pay. Very good location - San Diego CA USA. fair development. housing provided for interns. good weekend activities

Cons

loads of people. no RnD work for Interns. commitment required. not much scope for development and learning. fair overall. good..

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Its a very stable and challenging place to work.

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