Qualcomm

Supportive managers (some), awesome teammates, and ample learning opportunities, as long as you are willing and dedicated.

The time I have been there, I was fully supported by my team towards realizing my ideas and suggestions.

I left for the org with an external offer of 5x my pay; of course, my learnings at Qualcomm were one of the major contributing factors towards this.

Great office space in Hyderabad.

I was part of the OneIT, Bala Meka team, so the below are only relevant for that organization.

There was no clear path for career progression. Apparently, each team has a quota for the number of promotions in a year (as per my then-manager), which doesn't make any sense at all. This is especially true when I saw a better frequency of promotions in higher-level manager roles than entry-level engineers every year I was there, which baffles me to this day.

This particularly demotivated me after my initial years.

I even saw a colleague in the same entry-level role for more than 5 years, while a manager got promoted twice in 6 years during the same period. Again, mind blown.

Lateral hires are, for some reason, greatly preferred to internal candidates. I've seen entry-level engineers with offers that are almost 2x than internal folks with higher experience. I'm not exactly sure about the reasonings there.

Completely nonsensical performance reviews and sub-par hikes, with well-versed excuses every year, often involving factors out of their control, like senior management or economic downturns, etc.

There was visible bias from the team (some members) if the above behavior was questioned.

I have observed some team members being snubbed (read as eventually driven out) for voicing similar issues or dissatisfaction with their work/career path, which in my book is a red flag.