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 (821) , Engineer (805) , Staff Engineer (618) , 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 1017 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 579 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 541 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 392 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 171 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 139 reviews)); "Too much politics and performance reviews are not always fair" ((in 89 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 87 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

72% would recommend to a friend

(10,975 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

69% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

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 10,975 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

5.0

Jun 23, 2010

Wonderful place for knowledge development

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Great management -Small company culture -Open door policy -Few meetings:) -Lots of knowledge exchange -Wonderful people -Great importance on work-family balance

Cons

-Work is sometimes slow - Some businesses get better treatment over the other

3.0

Jun 23, 2010

If you don't want to be in a cubicle work here

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Offices for engineers Flex hours working in wireless decent benefits office gyms are very well equipped Volleyball courts Living in San Diego Impact of my work in the world

Cons

Long hours tedious work Promotions are based on doing tons of grunt work, not quality or smarts- quality gets you 3/5 , grunt gets you 4/5. cafe food is bad low salary stock that never goes up! - Wireless data is the most in thing in tech now, but at qualcomm at the center of this innovation we never saw any financial benefit out of it. Outside wireless/ may be systems companies unknown brand - even in San Diego where qualcomm is the largest private employer , when you tell people you work for qualcomm, they think you sell beer or something in qualcomm stadium

4.0

Jun 21, 2010

Reasonable place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent compensation, good atmosphere at Seattle office, wonderful location

Cons

a lot of people bus to work so providing a bus pass would be great.

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