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Great Team, Fading Perks

Senior Staff Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Qualcomm for 20 years
November 8, 2013
Boulder, Colorado
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

The pay is excellent, and you really are working with the cream of the crop, the best of the best, etc. The engineers and designers there are amazing.

Cons

The company is cutting employees' benefits and perks a little every year.

When I started a decade ago, everyone got an office, our pay was in the top percentile, insurance was top-notch, and there were device and education subsidies.

Over time, each of these is vanishing; our salaries are median at best, our insurance is okay but not great, and our device subsidies have vanished.

And the list goes on. It's still an okay company to work for, but it is coasting on a previous reputation and isn't nearly as great as it once was.

Advice to Management

If you're going to keep trying to attract top-tier talent, you need to think about getting back to the way you had it a few years ago. Give people a reason to choose you over Google and Amazon.

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