Hi All,
I am Sr. Staff (I have been with Qualcomm 2 years). I have consistently gotten 4 last 2 years, but I was not promoted this year. I am wondering if what is the score to get promoted?
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Dude is asking here means two things
- He doesn't have ba--s to ask such questions to his manager
- He must be sleeping when his manager was explaining during sync up
I had all 5’s when I was last promoted, and had already been doing the job for roughly 2 years.
I think it is a vague quesion. Don't you need to have patents and recommendations from colleagues to go to next level. Principal needs vp approval. So you have to be exceptional. Getting 4 or 5 is not measure.
You can be promoted to principal engineer in SW testing team without knowing how to write python script but only do project management work and play office politics - because have business needs. Also you can do a lot of creative coding/kernel/firmware debugging work and stay at sr. staff because no business needs. Depends on what kind boss you have and how much weight you can help your bosses carry on.
You mo--n you are not going to get a promo in 10 yrs average at that title is 11 yrs and you need 5s
Dude asking question here means you don’t know how it works; if hard work or scores were the only criteria then we all would be up there.
As a former Senior Staff/Manager I can say it's possible but difficult to get promoted with 4's, even more difficult at the Senior Staff level. You need at least a few 5's and they need to be in the important areas (technical knowledge, analytical skills etc...). Despite what HR may say, the soft skills areas (communications, teamwork etc...) really don't matter. As someone else said it's also very competitive depending on your department and getting promoted from Senior Staff to Principal is a BIG step. You also probably need more time under your belt, being there 2 years with 4's will not get you promoted.
Promotion is not just how many years/good_reviews you get, particularly at principal level (generally plateau level unless you come up with a successful new product). Contribution impact (making money for the company) is what matters the most. Also, your performance relative to your peers. Certainly, good relationship with higher managers would help, but it's not sufficient by itself.
Was senior staff at qcom for 4 years before I promoted myself with another job.
Qualcomm was too political.
I know every company has politics, but Qualcomm is at a whole other level.
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