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      Qualcomm

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      Qualcomm reviews

      3.8

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (10,971 total reviews)
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      Cristiano Amon

      69% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

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      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 10,971 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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      11K reviews
      4.0
      Nov 28, 2009

      Friendly, creative company, but as ruthless as any when the chips are down

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Good salaries; approachable management; friendly, informal working atmosphere; opportunities for creativity and innovation.

      Cons

      Project management can be chaotic; lack of business focus in some departments; projects are too engineering-led, often guided by chief engineers' hobby-horses rather than what the customers wants. Finally, take Qualcomm's loud support for ethical business practice with a pinch of salt. It is a corporation, and its loyalty is to its shareholders, not its staff. In the Cambridge office we anticipated some downsizing, but were shocked by its speed and its scale.

      3.0
      Nov 17, 2009

      Good

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefits smart coworkers good stability

      Cons

      job growth much harder than before.

      5.0
      Nov 17, 2009

      Great place in a great city

      Senior staff engineer/manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Qualcomm is still able to attract some of the smartest people. I think the smartness density has gone down somewhat over the years but people are still above the industry average. Qualcomm offers excellent benefits in health plan, vacation, flex time. Facilities are excellent with multiple gyms available (at least in San Diego location). Norm is to provide an individual office for all engineers which I think is an excellent idea for engineering.

      Cons

      Qualcomm pay is competitive but is not top rung. Given Qualcomm's size stock options don't have as much upside. I have my doubts about our current CEO, Paul Jacobs. Qualcomm has been very strong in systems and communication theory, but weak in software. There are lot of smart s/w engineers and s/w makes up a large chunk of engineering, but the number of VPs is still more skewed towards comm theory.

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