QCT: sweat shop... - Senior Design Engineer Qualcomm Employee Review

2.0
9 Sept 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

San Diego, San Diego, San Diego, San Diego, San Diego, San Diego, San Diego, San Diego, San Diego, San Diego.....

Cons

* layers of hierarchy. * for worker-bee engineers in IC-design, it's very much like a sweatshop.. * a lot of politics in performance review & promotion process. * smartphone chip business is well past its prime-time

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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