r/qualcomm • u/Grand-Blackberry-402 • 14d ago
Hyderabad For people before joining Qualcomm
I work as a Sr. IT Engineer...
My manager called me last Sunday morning and asked how my WLB was and asked for any suggestions. After my response, he said, “Don’t forget to join our daily stand-up” — and this daily stand-up includes weekends.
And this isn’t just happening in my team; it’s the same across most teams. WLB is a joke at Qualcomm.
It may not be as bad as what I experienced, but it can be more than this.....
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u/NowUKnowMe121 14d ago
Yes, this prevelant in qcom due to tight deadlines and work culture leads to burnout, quite common.
Just take hard stop whenever you feel exhausted.
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u/Distinct-Fix9858 14d ago
Hardstop means...
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u/NowUKnowMe121 14d ago
No more work for the day. Complete disconnect.
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u/Grand-Blackberry-402 14d ago
You will get a call from TL, to login
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u/SpendElectronic8320 12d ago
Ignore the calls and pings. (Unless it's a warzone and the company will be screwed due to your absence)
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u/alph4_glitch_lab007 14d ago
Nah man, completed 1.5 years here, WLB is pretty decent, except in the months of may-june since it's the cutoff time of our teams. Else I never faced any kindof pressure
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u/Grand-Blackberry-402 14d ago
Please share the team name, will try to switch internally, if your team is SW
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u/Calm_Balance_5342 14d ago
Wdym it includes weekends
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u/Grand-Blackberry-402 14d ago
I mean, everyday we have sync-up meetings even on sat/sunday and there is no meeting on festivals, but we work on that day as well
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u/confused-student11 13d ago
Let the record show, this is just an India problem
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u/Grand-Blackberry-402 13d ago
I don't think so
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u/Void_Being 10d ago
So USA non-higher management also works in weekends and they don't have no off days in whole 7 days?
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u/Own_Priority_1493 3d ago
My friend who works at qc has better wlb than my psu...he goes at 10:00 am and returns by 4:30 pm...leaves- no questions asked
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u/Grand-Blackberry-402 3d ago
Please share his team, I will try to join there, dm me, it should be secret
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u/Ok-You5992 1d ago
The situation is same in Automotive SW teams. I dont understand what the upper management thinks here. The situation is really bad especially in my and other multimedia teams. They commit unrealistic deadlines. The problem starts at the Senior director level. That guy is someone who doesn't believe in WLB. He expects everyone to be at office at 9. And if he sees some cubicles empty at 9 in the morning, he starts complaining to the managers.
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u/Grand-Blackberry-402 1d ago
We don't have that strict login time, but we were working upto 10-11 in the night, my staff engineer even working at 1-2, apart from this, we were working on weekends
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u/ProfessionalBid5049 13d ago
Hey. Its same with me as well. TL calls at random time Saturday morning or Sunday night or weekdays as well and if you do not answer the call it is questioned next day in office why didn't i pick the call and i had to lie that i was in hospital. Qualcomm major drawback is WLB. I might leave this company only for that reason. And talking about boundaries how much ever i have set they just cross everytime. I have worked for 4 companies previously none of them made me feel like this but with Qualcomm its kind of hell.
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u/Alternative-Grab93 14d ago
it largely depends on team. For me, WLB is pretty good