Qualcomm

Qualcomm has the best benefits in San Diego out of any company in the area, and this alone makes it attractive to work there. That's pretty much it.

It's a hardware company, so beware.

If you're a software engineer, there is no future or career track. If you can't design a chip, you'll be second class, period.

Every other type of engineer gets shafted to second-class status in the company.

As a result, the vast majority of managers are politics-driven, and you see this every day. It sucks the life out of the employees.

There is also a lot of dead weight because of this, as well.

Fire all the bozos. Seriously. Find the real value creators and promote them.