Qualcomm

• Benefits, which you may not be fully able to use if working 14+ hours a day.
• Great health plan.
• QCT is totally manager/lead dependent. If the manager/lead is reasonable, strong, and powerful, you can go places. If not, you will go nowhere, even if you work hard.
• Exciting work.

Some QCT teams have a reversed pyramid structure. The number of Senior Staff Managers is greater than the number of Staff Managers, which is greater than the number of Senior Engineers, which is greater than the number of Engineers. Hence, lower levels in QCT bear the brunt of the work. Because, except for a few technically good mid-level managers, most sit in meetings all day to increase their sphere of influence.

People can steal work and claim it as their own. Advertise your work to more people than your lead.

Some QCT managers have no management skills. They have the title just to increase their influence.

There is a matrix structure for reviews. Find the most important senior player (manager, director, etc.) in the team and make them happy. It's a very political place.

Do not waste any time contacting HR; they do not care. They are there to ensure no lawsuits or issues for the company.

Enough politics and meetings. Everyone until the Principal should contribute technically. Sit in your office and code/design and help with actual work instead of holding meetings about meetings on work that needs to get done.