I heard that some of the following will help Kiss VP's A$$ in daily basis like elementary school: Does this looks ok VP? Is this presentation ok VP? Go to all meetings even though you don't contribute arrive late to work and go home early, here is... — read more 

My manager says I am individual contributor. What does this mean?

Change will come with the acquisition(s). Hard workers will finally be rewarded with continued employment, higher compensation, and accelerated career trajectory. Hang in there and keep working hard. Layoff rumors should not concern you. Sleepless... — read more 

uWork?

http://investor.qualcomm.com/eventdetail.cfm?eventid=186693 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Mar 6, 2018

https://www.thelayoff.com/t/QJCtQue

Back when they sold infrastructure to Ericsson they were telling employees that infrastructure was not being sold well after the deal was done. They wanted to keep the employees from the truth as long as they could. I get the same vibe now I did... — read more 

Sr staff and sr staff/ Mgr salary range in Bangalore Principal eng salary range

Until NXP finalize and apple issue resolve, no more layoff...Q4 financials are looking better than ever...huge growth in China......things are not that bad....pl don't spread layoff rumors......

This is very important to me guys . 1) how is CE eng team as in growth and compensation ? Is it at par dev eng salary ? Bay area 2) how is chances of conversation from contract to perm ( now situation like bcm and nxp and apple) ? 3) I got full time... — read more 

Layoffs have happened in small scale at SCL campus. At least 40 plus attrition at this time. Waited until RCU vesting to avoid lawsuits. Seeing someone voluntarily leaving each week around my office space... Haven't heard anything about this. Anybody... — read more 

Did anyone see any dime of it. Any woman got any payout?

Looking for a 4 bed room house near Cary, North Carolina. Used to be $200K, but now they are all $400K or $800K or MORE I am at the top of my salary range. No Promotion. Republicans are increasing my monthly payment by ONE THIRD due to no tax... — read more 

This is very important for me .. please advise . I am senior engineer 8 yes exp in Qualcomm bay area .. currently evaluating offer 130k + 12% bonus , no RSU , in software engineer 3 at Cisco systems , bay area . How is CISCO vs qualcomm ? Benefits ?... — read more 

The layoff rumors is done. Shame on people for scaring Brown and whites people with gossip. Qualcomm is victory force in world. Apple is downhill. Victory Qualcomm!

Regarding IOS, if you want to move to a new area to acquire new skills, then this used to be useful but with lots of caveats in present times such as your promo will get delayed (4 years I have seen), you will have to put a lot of effort to learn the... — read more 

Anyone filed case against BDC qualcomm for irregularities

Now that RSUs vested and bonus paid for the year, how is the attrition trend in your teams? Last week a bunch of key people in our team resigned. I am very concerned about the work load for those of us left behind and success of projects. Comment for... — read more 

Principal eng salary in Bangalore?

I have a lot of write offs: Usually I have $32K in schedule A That is the sum of: California State income tax Property tax Mortgage interest Charity donations Car tax (I paid off student loans(so no deduction), and wasn't sick enough for medical... — read more 

Recently joined as sr staff. They offered 0.48Cr, ~50K RSU. Is this decent number? Only serious replies PLEASE.

Rocky Tango is coming to town

Why not have qcom buy bcom instead? Can we file a counter offer?

At my location all the 'lobby signage' was removed from every floor, and will replaced with the new logo over the next few weeks. 'Next few weeks' got be thinking whether this was in preparation for the BroadCom logo. Does anyone know anything about... — read more 

Does anyone know if one can negotiate base/signup bonus/rsu during ios? Serious replies only please

The current attrition looks like rats abandoning a sinking ship. The only ones left behind are the ones ready to bail at any time, the original company men who ruined CR&D for good and some hapless individuals that are invested in San Diego way too... — read more 

I recently accepted a position at Qualcomm and will be relocating from the bay area. Should I buy a house or rent? It seems like San Diego is in a market peak again.

My VP: Does not care for anyone which is not caucausian. He hangs out with few directors from same team and keep promoting them only. He spend 1.5hrs at the gym everyday. He goes home early and does not care even if urgent issues arise. Only support... — read more 

Bay Area - Sr. Staff, Salary $170,000, cash bonus $33000, RSU $30-35k, raise 3% Should I stay or look around?

I live in 4s ranch. All my neighbors appear to work at Qualcomm. Worried the market might collapse.

If HT doesn't like the Board, it also means that there will be a mass change in the Executive management because HT wants supportive management once the bid is thru. Mass layoffs at the Exec level expected.