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 (802) , Staff Engineer (618) , Senior Software Engineer (539) , 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 1034 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 583 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 522 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 476 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 399 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Qualcomm according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance and lots of pressure during tape" ((in 1121 reviews)); "Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 170 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 163 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 91 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

(10,957 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 10,957 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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11K reviews

3.0

Jul 10, 2008

It's not all it's cracked up to be.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, almost everyone has an office with a door.

Cons

If you're not an engineer, you don't matter.

3.0

Jul 8, 2008

11 on forbes best places to work at?!! NOT!

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you want to get engineering experience, this is a great place to be because Qualcomm does venture into every new wireless product available. Also, it is easy to approach experts in different areas and get one's technical curiosities satisfied.

Cons

The company culture is of workhorses, people literally seem to be working like crazy for no good reason. The prioritization of everything is always "critical", and it need not be. Easy to feel burnt out or sitting among robots. Not much scope for growth if you want to rise up quick. The review system does not really give much insight into rewards for job well done. The immigration system sucks so don't event thing about joining if you need a green card or something.

3.0

Jul 7, 2008

Great engineers and Challenging technical work, but poor management

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good technology, challenging work, good opportunity to sharpen technical and all-round skills. Even entry level postions involve a lot of responsibility, including liasing with other technology teams, coordinating release schedules besides technical competance with system software design.

Cons

Middle management leaves a lot to be desired. Frequent changes in direction, last-minute surprises and crisis mode operation are de riguer rather than the exception.The problem is exacerbated by unrealistically aggressive schedules, lack of planning, shortage of resources and setting of unrealistic customer expectations by marketing. As a result, most of the engineers routinely end up working very late hours with litte appreciation of their outstanding effort

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