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      Qualcomm

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      Qualcomm reviews

      3.8

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (10,982 total reviews)
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      Cristiano Amon

      68% approve of CEO

      64% positive business outlook

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      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Senior management

      Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,982 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
      Feb 10, 2026

      Great place for deep systems/firmware engineers, slower pace but strong stability

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Real engineering work – Lots of low-level systems problems (RTOS, interrupts, scheduling, memory/resource management, logging, silicon bring-up). You’re working close to hardware, not just application glue code. • High technical bar – Many experienced senior/staff engineers. Design reviews go deep and you learn a lot from peers. • Ownership – Once you earn trust, you can design and drive features end-to-end with relatively little micromanagement.

      Cons

      Slow processes / bureaucracy – Cross-team alignment, approvals, and integration can take longer than they should. Simple changes sometimes require many stakeholders. • Legacy codebase – A lot of historical tech debt. Debugging and maintaining old systems is common.

      1.0
      Feb 10, 2026

      PMIC San Diego

      Staff engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Probably none that I can think of.

      Cons

      Worst job i have ever had in my life. Pigeonholed into bench testing with no technical depth or future. Constantly treated bad by upper management. Total waste of time and skills. I hope the economy gets better so I can leave.

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