Great benefits, but you work hard - Anonymous employee Qualcomm Employee Review

4.0
8 Oct 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits among the best I have seen and there are ample opportunities for training (technical and management). Employees are bright and generally motivated to help the company win.

Cons

Very very long work hours Expect to take work home Have thick skin because some are highly critical Pay is a bit lower than other companies but benefits compensate Very engineer-centric -- others are expendable

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Pros

Lot of work so can learn a lot

Cons

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3.0
2 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great benefits, the pay is like okay. Some cool reimbursement programs and health centers on campus

Cons

Career progression and culture varies extremely depending on department. Some parts almost set you up for failure and it's difficult to gain new skills. Lots of qualcomm teams are too scared to explore new technologies and migrate to state of the art services and are comfortable in sticking with old technology for familiarity. Also, HR does nothing if a coworker makes you uncomfortable.

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