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Stressful Culture, Toxic Promotions

Senior Staff Engineer/Manager
Former Employee
Worked at Qualcomm for 20 years
June 7, 2017
San Diego, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

You live in San Diego.

Cons

Too stressful! HR has been trying to improve work-life balance, but the culture is suffering from a vicious circle. If you don't work late nights and weekends, your review and bonus suffer. This is despite the lip service: "We must reward productivity and not long hours."

Too many a-holes are being promoted despite the CEO's claim, "We don't promote a-holes." HR does not protect individuals from retaliation from higher-ups, except where retaliation might create legal problems (e.g., sexual harassment).

Advice to Management

No advice other than that upper management made way too many mistakes, and the stock price and employees suffered as a result. Upper management must be fired. Thinking that the ones who made so many mistakes are the same ones that will improve the business is insane.

Also, Q must stop moving more jobs to India and China. Qualcomm is now too vulnerable if any destabilizing events take place in these countries (e.g., an India-Pakistan war).

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