Qualcomm

You get to sample a little bit of everything as a design/analysis engineer. The technologies that Qualcomm is involved in are cool, and you get an opportunity to see where the electronics industry is headed in the future.

I would say there's a lot of flexibility and job training, depending on what team you're on. There are really smart people at this company...for now. If you're in it for U.S. citizenship, it seems that their immigration support is great, but you will work for it.

The pay is okay compared to most companies.

The CEO is absolute garbage, and so are most of the SVPs. They don't know what they're doing with this company. The culture is dead, benefits are going downhill, engineers are no longer motivated to work, and top talent is leaving. Not to mention the CEO did nothing when immigration was threatened, and he paid himself $60.7 million during the year of layoffs. The previous CEO cared about his workers; this current one does not.

The cultural downturn is a drag on your work ethic because everyone is moping around. Teams are now hoarding information in fear of being let go. They're acquiring companies left and right, and the jobs are moving overseas. I honestly would say, unless you're in it for the H1B and U.S. citizenship, run far, far away if you have another offer in hand.

Projects get cancelled before they're completed, even if QC is trying to enter a viable market. I think the company is, however, large enough that it will survive. They're not opening reqs, so if 10 people from your team leave and there were 20 people to begin with, you're stuck with the work of those 10 people. Apparently, when Paul and Erwin Jacobs were running the company, it was more family-oriented, and the employees were valued.

If Intel catches up to QC's modem technology, or they lose the Apple lawsuit, the company is dead. That's sort of a scary thing, considering how they're investing billions into it as well. The constant threat of layoffs and the lack of perks that other tech companies provide will add way too much stress to your life that it's best just not to care much about your work, which means your career won't grow as best as it should.

Paying yourself big bonuses for failing is called leeching. If your employees aren't getting fair bonuses and RSU's, then you shouldn't either. Don't buy private company jets when you're laying people off! Focus on building the company's culture again and not sucking up to investors. Maybe even care about retaining talent?

Another thing: have your ear to the ground on what technologies are coming and prepare for them. The job of a CEO/CTO is to drive the company into innovative markets, and 5G was going to come whether QC got involved or not, just as 6G will. Don't pat yourself on the back, CEO, because we had to move to 5G; find other markets that will add another stream of revenue.

Remember, your employees are not just numbers. They have families, lives, and most have had a genuine vested interest in the company's success. Stop trying to generate profits by cutting budgets as much as you can. Instead, try to push innovation and more product sales. Honestly, just bring Paul Jacobs back. He was an innovator, not some COO work-you-to-the-bone-with-no-reward type of leader.