Crazy rushing around without planning or forethought - Staff Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

2.0
26 Jan 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Relatively competent direct management, partially compensating for the faults of upper management. The chance to explore wifi technology. Decent compensation.

Cons

Incompetent upper management that have wishful fancies for new ventures and foolish aggression. Emphasis on title rather than technical competency. QualLife does not exist for engineering.

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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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