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 (975) , Senior Engineer (819) , Engineer (803) , Staff Engineer (618) , Senior Software Engineer (540) , Senior Staff Engineer (241) , Senior Lead Engineer (205) , Intern (176) , Associate Engineer (137) , Staff Software Engineer (132) , Interim Engineering Intern (124) , Hardware Engineer (116) , Systems Engineer (75) , Senior Hardware Engineer (65) , 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 1044 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 574 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 546 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 461 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 398 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 174 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 162 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 133 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 94 reviews)); "Too much politics and performance reviews are not always fair" ((in 90 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

(10,961 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

70% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Career opportunities

3.6

Culture & values

3.3

Senior management

3.2

Work/Life balance

Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,961 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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Reviews by job title

11K reviews

1.0

Oct 24, 2012

Life is too short for this much stress.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Initial stock options, stock ownership plan, 401k matching, good health insurance.

Cons

Highly stressful environment, extremely difficult to be successful.

1.0

Mar 22, 2010

worst software practices realized

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great weather, really nice people

Cons

constant panic! Everything is needed now! There's little planning, no documentation, and if it can be hacked to work late at night, do it. I'd seen a dozen gotos in my career of as many years until I got to Qualcomm. If there's a way to do something that is nearly impossible to debug, that's the way it's done here. Really, this place will test your sanity.

1.0

Oct 7, 2008

Get ride of politics in QCOM management and reward the value not the loosers.

Senior program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It pays the health insurance and has 15 days of vacation offered from the 1st year.

Cons

matrix organization, too many level of managemnt, too many politics, aftects the work and the communications

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