Great company but not to work at - Software Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

3.0
26 Apr 2023
Recommend
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Pros

It’s a great hardware company, there truly is quality with the modem. Location in San Diego is unbeatable You can stay here forever The espp plan is amazing!

Cons

There is lacking in diversity, majority of engineering employee are Indian or Chinese. This is causing the Qualcomm culture to be similar to the Asian culture of over working. I saw many coworkers working until midnight or even the weekends. We don’t have on-call, but honestly being on call might be better. Moving up takes forever, you’ll be stuck in a role for five plus years

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
2 June 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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