Supportive team and benefits, but bureaucratic challenges - Software Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

3.0
6 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great, supportive team Good benefits Free lunch Performance reviews seem fairly accurate

Cons

Lots of bureaucracy R&D is essentially customer support at this point, no time for feature development Salary is kind of low

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5.0
13 May 2026
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Pros

Work life balance is really good, colleagues are both kind and techinical

Cons

Pay salary range is medium

3.0
2 June 2026
Recommend
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Business outlook

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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