It was good while it lasted - Staff Manager Qualcomm Employee Review

5.0
Aug 14, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary was on par with what other companies pay in Silicon Valley. But you get to live in beautiful San Diego! Bi-annual bonuses and merit increases RSU bonuses although those will be dwindling down in terms of numbers of RSUs given out Didn't have to pay any premiums for family healthcare (It changed later in 2015 and now employees have to pay for their spouses)

Cons

The most politically charged company I ever worked for in my life. If you don't know how to navigate inter office politics and make friends on the top, you are doomed. The company is bloated and hired way too many people in the last 5 years

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Cons

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2.0
Feb 4, 2026
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Pros

not applicable to be sincere ..

Cons

bad leadership at every level…unrealistic timelines…no training/mentorship…every other week the VP will join team meeting and gaslight you for not using some mediocre and bad tools… very fake environment.. where “leads” will act like they want 2 help but won’t or can’t … everyone is over worked.. very normal for leads to yell at people..or gaslight you.. they love to push people…aka overwork and everything is due yesterday and “urgent”.. this DOES NOT mean challenging technical work..this means fake fires and last minute requests daily.. pte mobile is really a mess and can’t even say it’s worth it..you will not learn a good skills because us team is basically a front for india team doing a lot of work behind the scenes..this means also a lot of late night meetings with teams abroad.. one “celebration” of the last year was the removal of sunday evening meetings..if you have other options go there..if you don’t..never stop applying .. if you are interviewing here…they will say that they are working on innovating tech (but this group..not really)…are addressing wlb/concerns…which is not really true..a suggestion…reach out to teams on linkedin and see if this is worth it 4 u

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