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?

73% 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, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Qualcomm?

Software Engineer (976) , Senior Engineer (824) , Engineer (808) , Staff Engineer (621) , Senior Software Engineer (542) , Senior Staff Engineer (242) , Senior Lead Engineer (205) , Intern (176) , Associate Engineer (137) , Staff Software Engineer (134) , 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 1047 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 567 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 536 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 473 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 399 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Qualcomm according to real employee 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 155 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 136 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 94 reviews)); "life balance is not good since the modem team is under staffed" ((in 88 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.

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3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(11,000 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

69% 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 11,000 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 IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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11K reviews

4.0

Dec 29, 2011

Very Good.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Low Level Design/ Issues and software development.

Cons

Code Management could be better.

3.0

Dec 29, 2011

A good company for a hard-working people, but not for a smart people.

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Best city to live and raise kids. reasonable house market. good benefit.

Cons

only a few high tech companies available in San Diego city

3.0

Dec 15, 2011

Hard work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working with industry leading edge technology Good benefit Flexiable hour individule office engineering dinner

Cons

long hour things are changing so fast work pressure from both management and customer

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