Poor leadership skills engineers promoted not to lead but to push others - Systems Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

1.0
Oct 24, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Right now, stable company to work for

Cons

no recognition, no promotion if you do work, no promotion if you don't speak language other than english, no promotion if u don't work late even if you come at 5.00 AM, no promotion if you say NO to your lead, no promotion if you stress on quality

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