right!

My manager told us that company policy is changing in Q2. WFH will no longer be allowed and count against your vacation time. Seems BCG figured no one actually works on WFH.

Hey y'all Any of you ever notice what happens if you append "D" to "SM"... "SMD" That can't be a coincidence there. I think I'm really on to something here. Any ideas?

Google it: Citi: Risk of global recession rising

1) Ask your managee to write up what they've done this cycle 2) Ask your managee for names of people they wanna be reviewed by. 3) Spend a couple weeks reading through all the write-ups 4) Spend a couple more weeks meeting with other status... — read more 

Send your status right now. I mean right now. So your status collector can take Friday off. They get so tired during the week!!

The guy is the ultimate status collector. Somehow they let this guy work from New York while being the Santa Clara lead. Guess you can collect status from anywhere in the world

The Senate Subcommittee on Immigration will hold a hearing Thursday on "The Impact of High-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Workers." Its first witness will be an IT worker who trained his visa-holding replacement. Leo Perrero, an IT worker at Disney... — read more 

1) Setup weekly meeting with your team. At the meetings keep bullshitting so people engage you in circular conversations and it takes over an hour. Whatever you have to do make sure to show up to the meeting at least 15 minutes late. 2) Ask for... — read more 

If QC has peaked, who are the up and comers?

My manager asked me to surrender my citizenship so they can apply for an h1b and I can continue to be qualified for the position. WTF???

Why does a company that has x developers (people that actually work) need 2x people that just collect statuses and attend futile meetings all day, every day? And what's worse pay them more than the people actually doing the work? Old timers are... — read more 

QC dudes, want to get a vote going. The question is: If a status collector at qc (sr staff eng/managers and principal eng/managers) were to apply to 10 positions at competitive silicon valley companies (Facebook, Uber, Google, Netflix, etc or... — read more 

Incompetent insensitive HR which covers its ass and does nothing for Employee-welfare ? Corruption ? Working in fear ? Rigid policies for engineers ? Internal politics ? Leaders with no vision ? Lack of accountability ? Losers and misfits from US... — read more 

Happy Monday QC boys. Don't forget to send your statuses so those status collectors won't be bored

Anyone knows?

@G4aweZe

Rest and vest, rest and vest 3.0 beta!!!! Thank you qualcomm, for sponsoring my H1-B a decade ago. I've been enjoying the rest and vest all these years, both through the bad times and good times. And one thing is constant. Sell to retail buyers, buy... — read more 

It would force Apple todevise an ecryption program that currently does not exist for their customer-generated passcodes. It would force Apple to do this using Apple's resources, and at Apple's expense. It could not only damage one of Apple's key... — read more 

Well, we knew this was coming http://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinas-xiaomi-smartphone-chips-designed-house-h2-source-105327402--finance.html Apple, Samsung, and soon to be Huawei..

Only 460 million $ left.

I've been in cash a long time but that 0.5% interest rate stinks. Putting it back in the stock market would have saw a -5% return. What do some of you do to make it grow? Laddered CD's. Dividend stocks? Inflation indexed bonds?

not bad. time to sell.

We talk about how incompetent SM is, but doesn't he rely on the CTO to decide where the place the bets technology wise? What's MG's role in this mess? MG seems to know what he talking about. But then again, all the execs have fooled me into thinking... — read more 

Got an email from our VP today that says: "Effective 02/22. Your office has been allocated for use by outside business vendor BCG. All impacted employees will be allocated spaces in the generator room" Anybody else got this? What does it even mean?

Fed isn't going to raise rates again anytime soon. Mortgage rates are going to continue to trickle lower or remain flat, despite the Fed raising quarter point (as it has happened) OPEC is going to start to curb oil production. Fed/Bank is going to... — read more 

Sanjay Jha.

Not due to company performance but due to the general market recovery. Rest and vesters unite!

New visa type called Q1B. Specifically intended for importing slaves from all over the world. Every engineer refusing to submit will get the boot. The ones that agree will be caged in windowless offices where taskmasters will whip the sh*t out of... — read more 

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/feb/12/qualcom-7million-verdict-worker-burned/ A jury has determined that a Los Angeles County man who was severely burned nearly three years ago while working around electrical equipment at Qualcomm’s... — read more