Once great company, now sinking ship - Software Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

2.0
21 Aug 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay Not difficult work Get to sample the next big phone hardware

Cons

Smart minds are leaving fast Remaining employees are working harder to keep up Layoffs last December, again next month Big company with lots of redundancy -- grew too fast under Android management

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5.0
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Pros

R&D group has very interesting products being designed, staff very intelligent and helpful.Team environment.

Cons

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4.0
27 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great design team. Learn a lot in the project. Great resources for self motivated technical improvement.

Cons

Big wave of talented engineers leaving in some critical departments. CEO lacks responsibility on the company development. CEO and CFO have been selling their stocks a lot every year.

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