Those a$$holes don't do anything but they do monitor this site. QC has become another clown based company.
Every manager at Qualcomm has their own strengths and wisdom.
Listen to them and follow their directions and we will all succeed and prosper. We can do This!
QC is a place for smart ppl
Smart ppl always works on smart things. Stupid is as stupid does stupid things. You fuxking stupid stop complaining these stupid stuff.
My manager's daily activities
Arrived to W with his wrinkle free clothes around 8:00 am coffee and read news 9 - 9:30 am Ask his Quality engineer for plans for the day 9:30 - 10:00 am FB 10 - 11am meeting 11- 12 am Lunch 12 - 1:30 am Cruise planning 1:30 - 2:30pm FB afternoon... — read more
Some positive news
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41652967
People who are on the chopping block are already known
No layoffs yet. Merger has to go through first. But the people who will be let go afterwards are already marked for termination. I have seen the Excel sheets where they collect the names. There is even a plan for staggered reductions as opposed to... — read more
Centriq is a joke
Where are the benchmarks?
Stage 1 - November 17,2017
Date was set today, Nov. 17. Total quantity: 350 - 400. Groups included: QCT Ops, Program management, PTE, VI, RF systems, PTE PMIC, SLT, Quality, Sales, Marketing, R&D test, QCES, procurement, IPS. Good luck!!
Google Unveils Its First Internally Designed Chip for Consumer Devices
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-17/google-designs-its-first-chip-in-house-for-consumer-devices
#Qualcomm is Awesome
Ain’t it the truth.
QC is a place for smart ppl
Smart ppl always do smart things in smart ways. Cheers!
QC exec. "We are in serious problems"
Traveled to San Jose with a QC exec. He mentioned that QC is in "Serious problems". He came to San Jose to discuss with QCA the quantities of people which will be layoff, he mentioned this will continue through the year and next. Few exec. Are... — read more
Qualcomm Layoffs 2018
Cannot believe it? Really? Rumors? Lies? Hoax and other things - people do weird things and will lie to you - there are no layoffs again in San Diego.
Sam sung electronics ceo stepping down.
How the heck do we still keep ppl woth o skillsets. And so many problems with other coworkers. Already at retirement age still cant get rid of him. Over at W.
Qualcomm plans to shut down production in the FAB
A close friend from IT told me that he has heard that the eventual intention of Qualcomm is to shut down production in the FAB within 3 to 4 years after they change the sign out in front. Oak Hill will become an administrative site. Ed Bluestein... — read more
What a mess
Is it just me or is Qualcomm a great big train wreck? How will Qualcomm manage a bigger business with the NXP acquisition when we can't manage what we already have. What a tragic mess.
Qualcomm hit with $773 million fine in Taiwan for antitrust violations
Another one? Ouch! http://www.androidauthority.com/qualcomm-antitrust-fine-806683/
'Overwhelming' view is Qualcomm will up offer for NXP: Morgan Stanley
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/overwhelming-view-qualcomm-offer-nxp-110257932.html
"Qualcomm CEO: We Think We'll Be Successful in Our Fight With Apple"
https://www.thestreet.com/story/14330503/1/qualcomm-ceo-steve-mollenkopf-apple.html
Huawei is the next nail in the coffin for us
https://hothardware.com/news/huawei-kirin-970-ai-processor-best-apple-a11-snapdragon-835 full Huawei Solution Huawei is next one after Samsung with everything inhouse. Apple own modem solution soon... Licensing business also declining.. Good years... — read more
Employees manage and contractors work
Not just contractors, even good technical people cant survive Qualcomm If your rapport is good with manager , a hardware engineer will lead a software project and hire contractors to get the work done. How do such employees get hired at first place ?... — read more
Apple uses qualcomm modem in Apple watch 3
http://www.techinsights.com/about-techinsights/overview/blog/apple-watch-series-3-teardown/
Cellular modem chip business is a dead end
The whole cellular modem chip business is a dead end anyway. You all know it. The „What’s next?“ questions are comings more frequently than ever before. We are already the only company that can make money from modems in the higher end market. Soon... — read more
Why all the advertisements?
Everywhere I look I see ads for Qualcomm, but what's the point? We have no direct to consumer products, and no one really cares what chip is in their phone as long as it works. I could see it if we went back to making devices, but Q sold that... — read more
Let's all say good bye to our great company Qualcomm
NXP deal won't happen, this will clearly end the opportunity for the company to succeed. This is the end of the best company in So. California. The future of the company is to keep Sales only in SD. Massive operations movement is in progress. Good... — read more
When a company is losing key members and only the ones nobody wanted stayed is the end
Spoke to a longtime friend from Digital design group, excellent engineer and leader, after more than 20 years he left, the reason: Too much BS and management doing nothing for the employees, many layers of political crap, and bunch of useless people... — read more
Apple Could Soon Pivot Away From Intel, Qualcomm to Build Its Own Chips
https://www.thestreet.com/story/14325148/1/apple-could-build-chips.html
Why Wait?!
Why wait for layoffs? I just accepted an offer from Apple and very excited. Goodbye Q. It used to be a great place to work before talented people were driven out or laid off. Now, not so much. Endgame is here folks. Make your own decisions. Staying... — read more
Do you think large number of dirs, sr. dirs sr staff, principle eng doing good job ?
if someone says, focus only your assignments means, shut ur mouth , we do what we do, nothing should go beyond us, lots of people not even showing up in office but gets paid, this is called flawless execution at clever design center, most funniest... — read more
My manager keeps asking me to lie for him and do his job as he is spending time in FB and meetings
I am the only engineer working for this manager at W, he is the QC manager and is asking me to lie whenever the team make mistakes, also he is asking the team to do even basics things such send emails, create ETRs, metric presentations etc. I am not... — read more
Inclusion and diversity video
I want to congratulate Qualcomm on the great job creating the Inclusion and Diversity video, which gives a clear overview of policies and programs. I also want to encourage Qualcomm to review diversity in all departments, for example HR where the... — read more
Layoffs put on hold for NXP deal
Layoffs were planned, but are on hold pending NXP deal (approval of which is now extended to end of October). Also there was some expectation of MAV going more with Intel, but for now we are keeping the same numbers as on the iPhone 7, which helped... — read more
Why the gramar so bad?
1 - Somebody fixed em up the drank 2 - Is stupid 3 - Be a troll 4 - Other?