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 (819) , Engineer (803) , Staff Engineer (618) , Senior Software Engineer (541) , Senior Staff Engineer (241) , Senior Lead Engineer (205) , Intern (176) , Associate Engineer (137) , Staff Software Engineer (132) , Interim Engineering Intern (124) , Hardware Engineer (116) , Systems Engineer (75) , Senior Hardware Engineer (65) , 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 1066 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 567 reviews)); "Pay is good and above industry average" ((in 525 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 454 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 414 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 1121 reviews)); "Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 170 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 153 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 133 reviews)); "Too much politics and performance reviews are not always fair" ((in 86 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.

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3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(10,962 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 10,962 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

4.0

Feb 13, 2026

Software Engineer - Modem Team

Softeware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work primarily involves maintaining and optimizing existing large-scale legacy systems, with fewer opportunities for major new feature development. Good work-life balance in most teams

Cons

Large organization → slower decision-making Cross-team dependencies can delay execution Promotions can be process-driven rather than impact-driven Some projects may have limited visibility

4.0

Feb 13, 2026

Mixed opinions about thing

Senior lead engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good compensation Very good product

Cons

Not employee centric It doesn’t have the core software engineering mindset

4.0

Feb 10, 2026

Great place for deep systems/firmware engineers, slower pace but strong stability

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Real engineering work – Lots of low-level systems problems (RTOS, interrupts, scheduling, memory/resource management, logging, silicon bring-up). You’re working close to hardware, not just application glue code. • High technical bar – Many experienced senior/staff engineers. Design reviews go deep and you learn a lot from peers. • Ownership – Once you earn trust, you can design and drive features end-to-end with relatively little micromanagement.

Cons

Slow processes / bureaucracy – Cross-team alignment, approvals, and integration can take longer than they should. Simple changes sometimes require many stakeholders. • Legacy codebase – A lot of historical tech debt. Debugging and maintaining old systems is common.

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