Qualcomm

Work with many talented engineers on high-quality technology. ESPP provides good opportunities to boost investment returns, although the stock has gone sideways the past few years. Depending on the team, we get a lot of flexibility to choose what to work on, so we can be exposed to many different aspects of the technologies.

Management has been significantly cutting back on benefits, bonuses, and promotions recently.

Health care benefits used to be one of the largest selling points, but for 2016 they've been slashed back to being clearly below our peer tech companies. Worse, HR seems to insist on hiding this, trying to make it seem like things are actually being changed in our favor. It feels very sleazy watching them claim added benefits when you can easily calculate that it will cost you more money.

Employee morale is plummeting, and the executives seem completely disconnected and unaware.

HR is rigid and inflexible. It doesn't matter how you perform or what your background is; you have to follow their timelines and structures. This makes it feel like hard work isn't rewarded and encourages people to just skirt by.

The company seems to have shifted from investing in the future and staying on top of tech trends to cutting back, playing financial games, and focusing solely on the demands of short-sighted Wall Street investment firms.

Don't forget about the importance of employee morale and happiness.

Previously, I was enthusiastic about referring friends, but between major market missteps, layoffs, and constant cutbacks recently, I've completely stopped encouraging others to apply. After months of relentlessly bad news, the employees really need to feel like we have a "win," or there will be an even bigger mass exodus of talented people.