Qualcomm

• Great upper management
• Flexible work hours
• ESPP
• RSU stock bonuses
• Smart, work-oriented people (no babysitting other employees)
• Empowerment environment (figure everything out for yourself)
• Ability to work on cutting-edge technology and change the work with your ideas
• Fast-paced & dynamic working environment
• Bi-annual performance reviews (includes merit increase, cash & RSU bonuses)
• San Diego
• On-site gym
• Working meals

• Have to be in a position for at least 3 years.
• If you transfer to a different division, your 3 years in position get reset.
• Your tech manager has the biggest weight on your performance reviews.
• When you get a job there, they will almost always push you down in title to reduce quicker rise to management positions, but will still pay you well for your experience.

When employees transfer divisions, do not reset their years in position to 0.

This is the worst business practice I have ever seen.

I have seen many excellent engineers with very high performance reviews pushed out of the company because they were either forced to change divisions or changed to gain knowledge and ended up having to leave the company when they realized they had to wait around 4-6 years before they could ever get a promotion, even though their performance reviews were outstanding.