Wanted to say hi and let you know to get ready for a ride of your career. Hock is a slave runner and it'll take a lot of adjustments and hard work to figure out both the culture and the expectations once you are on-boarded. It's doable, it'll not be... — read more 

QCOM is in this predicament for 2 reasons: QCOM did not foresee the importance of 64bit parts and did not have an immediate answer for the A7. QCOM went from leading node SOC to scrambling to be relevant. The response to the A7 was the 810 part, and... — read more 

I am so sick of all of this... Cannot stand it any more...

Pack your crap and get ready to leave!! Thanks to you and other losers from Kyocera now we were sold to BCOM. I am glad I took that new job 2 weeks ago so I will take my package and go!!

going to be a crazy two weeks. Beware the Ides of March my freends.

Would someone care to chime in about their position in the sale, acquisition or merger? Thank you!

Sad to see such a good company be brought down but it had to happen. Stock performance has been dismal. Management & BOD did nothing. Shareholder dissatisfaction will drive this sale. Qualcomm management has finally understood the shareholders... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3334245-ft-qualcomm-wants-90-share-broadcom?source=intbrokers_regular

Can someone explain what this Octane joke is about? I'm truly confused.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/broadcom-slams-qualcomm-for-theatrics-in-latest-proposal-1519666462

Given the fairly recent huge retention bonuses given to PJ & SM to keep them at the helm of the ship they’re running aground, it would be a nice gesture if they gave the CIC package as severance for the imminent lay-off victims. Not saying I’ve heard... — read more 

Qualcomm signalled on Monday it was open to a deal with Broadcom and said it would open its books to the Singapore-based group in an attempt to bring the two closer together on agreeing a price for what would be the largest tech acquisition in... — read more 

There is a significant overlap between NXP and San Jose deliverables. Also bay area employees are the most expensive employees...as it is more than half are totally useless..management should get rid of San Jose employees before impacting San Diego... — read more 

Why did they buy a new Zambonie, it's not like the old one was broken.

San Jose is super bloated too..too many useless VPS and Senior Directors...Get rid of them and get rid of half of the engineering/prod management/customer engineering/marketing staff...too many people doing nothing

https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/25/17050296/huawei-balong-5g01-chip-5g-networks-tech-mwc-2018

All the information about layoffs at this place are all wrong. The real number of layoffs is not as big as it was mentioned. Most of the reduction will happen from the operation and marketting. The layoff will happen only to the certain team that... — read more 

And 2019 it hits the fan, hard. I know you don't want to believe this and many will scoff and mock because you're afraid, but I know this for a fact and I am letting you know so you can be prepared.

I am an experienced engineer and my title is Senior Staff and recently got emails from both companies “Sorry we are not accepting resumes from Qualcomm” at this time.

Heard company will target to cut priciple and above. Too many priciple and managers/ directors with very low skills. They get promoted by helping each other. They created politics. Hope management will do right thing this time.

As long as its not company confidential or overtly racist or violating the rules of the forum...say what you want. I had to start this because that last post made me puke in my mouth a little. The guy that made the leader of the pack comment had me... — read more 

Below SVP no one has the details ...so stop the speculation. Stop bashing other teams. You don't have the complete context and details. Offer solutions and ideas to people impacted. This site has become a useless source for spreading fear with over... — read more 

Don’t freak out but be prepared. Have 6 months cash to cover expenses Update CV Exercise and be healthy for anxiety. I love you all even the annoying people. Everything will be ok Now go hug you family and pets and give thanks for so much good things... — read more 

I heard from my senior VP (he is also not sure about his position), lay offs going to be in several phases and will continue until 2019. First lay off is off course slightly higher in numbers. Fine tuning after nxpi will continue beyond 2019. He put... — read more 

Believe me even if you are impacted you will find a job may be 1 or 3 or 6 months. The overall economic climate is still strong. This would also be the time to start something of your own if you have like minded friends with similar goals. Don't give... — read more 

I sure hope not. I’m putting in 40 and that’s it at this point until the Q shows me some love.

Worried!

If you guys are bit interested in QCOM history, you can find the changes in revenue and headcount from 2010 to 2014. Revenue increased by 2.5 times while headcount up by 2 times. Maybe some new projects started while collecting juicy patent license... — read more 

https://www.thestreet.com/amp/story/14499310/1/congressman-urges-national-security-review-of-any-broadcom-qualcomm-deal.html

Hi guys, I see it mentioned sporadically in this board but can't figure out what it is. Thanks!

https://www.thestreet.com/story/14499310/1/congressman-urges-national-security-review-of-any-broadcom-qualcomm-deal.html

Just wondering if there is any chance voluntary layoffs will be on the table? I'd jump at the opportunity, as I've been considering leaving on my own for a while now. Considering that the biggest issue during these layoffs is how much somebody is... — read more 

Once 5G is widely accepted and the connectivity through the air is well established, it will be the base platform of another technology boom similar to .com boom. Many device makers will rise to develop exciting gadgets which wasn't possible... — read more 

Rumor has it if you are over 50 and have been employed with Qualcomm for over 20 years that your names will automatically be added to the layoff list. Talk about an age discrimination lawsuit. If it is true, I hope all of those employees affected... — read more 

Anybody else thinks that saying layoffs are incoming but giving so few details is unnecessarily cruel? This way everybody will be stressing for who knows how long. I'm not going to be surprised to see productivity drop simply because everybody has... — read more