Was OK, it's just going to be downhill from now. - Staff Software Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

1.0
Sep 8, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is average. Was a stable safe company. Stock awards were good for the top performers. Was nice travelling to San Diego from time to time.

Cons

I get ashamed of how rubbish and technically incompetent are some of the managers, don't understand how they were ever promoted. That doesn't speak very high of the top managers. Executive management think they understand the market, they obviously don't, they have been negligent at best. The environment is pretty toxic, nobody cares about anybody, you need to put your limits and set the expectations right from the first day or face being exploited. The company is focusing into moving most teams to India, low quality but will work for peanuts and long hours, I am sure Qualcomm will learn the hard way, just rubbish will come out of the India projects, there is no innovation.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 27, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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