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Smart people, encumbered by paperwork

Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Qualcomm for 4 years
March 18, 2015
San Diego, California
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral Outlook
Pros

Most of my team is smart and nice to work with.

Traffic in Mira Mesa is only a problem for about half an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening. If you dodge that window, it's a quick commute to the various housing around.

Cons

If you don't like cubicles, well, all future space is looking likely to be cubicles.

Housing is almost as expensive as San Francisco.

There is an enormous amount of paperwork surrounding checking in changes.

There are just enough people who make just enough noise and don't seem to understand stuff that one can be left with the feeling of working with idiots, even when almost everyone is nice to deal with.

Qualcomm is currently trying to reduce staffing costs, so you're pretty much stuck wherever you are.

Advice to Management

The managed product line paperwork is absolutely morale-destroying. It needs work to be less frustrating to deal with.

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