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 (807) , Staff Engineer (620) , Senior Software Engineer (542) , 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 1035 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 568 reviews)); "Pay is good and above industry average" ((in 538 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 475 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 406 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 1124 reviews)); "Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 173 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 163 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 133 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 94 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

(10,988 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 10,988 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

4.0

Nov 19, 2018

Great working environment

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very friendly working environment. Great team from all around the world. Very professional and experienced hires.

Cons

Work life balance not so great

5.0

Sep 14, 2018

A great place to work

Interim engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Growth and development opportunities, high compensation, maternity/paternity leave, lots of learning opportunities

Cons

poor work life balance, high work pressure, employee feedback system is not efficient, office politics

2.0

Aug 10, 2017

Automotive Engineer review

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good salary good company name shares and stocks for employees through ESPP programm stock units if you stay longer

Cons

no projects no flexibility at work too many problems with customers and firing 5000 last year top management in UK are not willing to change anything and treat engineers as idiots no trainings

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