Going Downhill Fast - Senior Staff Engineer/Manager Qualcomm Employee Review

1.0
9 Feb 2016
Recommend
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Pros

You may still find pockets of good teams who can still provide some good experience and learning opportunities.

Cons

Fear is in the air. Innovation culture is rapidly deteriorating. Lots of smart employees are leaving or planning to leave within the next month. Qualcomm underestimated the number of engineers leaving for other tech companies and the bureaucrat senior level directors who survived are simply followers versus leaders. Right now, its not an attractive place for new, young technically savvy employees who would rather find a company that has a strong future vision.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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