A good place to work - but only if you're based in San Diego - Staff Software Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

3.0
2 Feb 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

. Good benefits package . Reasonably flexible management . Relaxed work environment . Good opportunities for travel . A very good infrastructure for software development and good support staff

Cons

The senior management have a very strong San-Diego focus. If you're based outside of SD or, even worse, outside of the US get then you need to get used to being a second class corporate citizen. The process for performance reviews is overly complicated, and the reviews themselves tend not to be very useful - mostly a box ticking exercise with no real useful feedback.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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