Stocks...Well, I guess you can request the certificates and use it to wipe your ass..
China drops 9% - Germany tanks 3%
Happy Monday
Corporate Aviation Group under GD
What is the purpose of the Corporate Aviation Group directly under GD with 10 pilots? Are they going to get cut too during this round of layoffs or does the Executive team still need their private flying perks?
Dow futures down 489pts....
Well, it's here... The correction.......Enjoy!
Can anyone in accounting or finance tell us how much the Q's balance sheet has been reduced by thanks to all thise share buybacks gone bad?
How many non-H1B engineers could have been saved?
Don't worry..when Trump wins the election, Joe Sixpack will be able to borrow at Fed Funds Rate
Imagine how many new smartphones he'll be able to afford if his credit card charges 2% max. interest per year. BTFD in Q stock!!!
With the China rout, you think that might slightly impact smartphone sales....
Nah... No problem. There's definitely no problem there....I mean, like everything else, we won't be able to predict that China market's rout will impact a US company's bottom line when it generates 51+% of revenue from there...
Wow. China market's down almost 9% overnight....
Tomorrow is going to be a bloodbath.
Dow and Nasdaq futures in deep red....Ouch.
Qualcomm $55/share here we come tomorrow...
Just realized that I am an investor twice over
Not only some cash via ESPP but more importantly over 10 years of the most productive years of my life...yeah,yeah I got paid, but I drank the koolaid and thought that this dung heap really was different. Now I watch these asshats eagerly export my... — read more
China Crashing Again
Falling harder than cyanide laced rain. Should be another semiconductor bloodbath when US markets open. Hopefully Suze Orman got the direct line to Bullard and Yellen to start QE4 through QE7. #margincall
Strategy to make it five more years?
I think I'll survive September, so what is the best strategy to make it another five years? If the company splits, how do I position myself to be employed by the better company?
Looks like the H1-B backlash is finally starting to get more of a mainstream attention
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/23/h1b-visa-foreign-competitors-next-cubicle/
SM's "Symbolic" Insider buying last month
He's down a quick 90K. Peanuts to a CEO, but he could've bought his RSF cleaning lady a Tesla!
Open Letter to QC Senior Management and HR
Stop bringing down people's ratings to find excuses to lay them off. It is not working well for morale and damaging relationships within the company. Just fess up to the fact that the company is going through tough times and needs to cut workforce... — read more
The QComm layoffs probably wouldn't have caused a significant number of distressed housing sales...BUT, the Ashley Madison leak sure will....
Divorce is the #1 way to get a good deal on a house. Just saying...
The good news is that if you're a Qcommer been outted by the Ashley Madison website...It's not a bad time to get a divorce...
The stock price is at a low,so the alimony and child support you'll end up paying to your ex-spouse will be much less than a few weeks ago. If you got divorced a few weeks ago, you would be splitting half of your net worth valued back then, and would... — read more
September is coming...Layoff + total Q comp hit from a stock that is falling like a brick + tech slowdown....
Ouch....It's going to be a cold winter.....
An HR rep on the Ashley Madison outed site
I just saw the name of someone I know who is in HR (and also is married). Now, normally, I would give him the benefit of the doubt that someone else used his name as a joke or whatever. BUT, he and I are friends on Facebook. And his email address has... — read more
What happened to all the Q-comm cheerleaders professing that a $70/share stock price was only a temporary setback and that ....
it would be back to $75/share in no time....Where are all those people that were saying buying put options as a hedge was a stupid thing to do now?
Longtime shareholders sound like (some) longtime employees
http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=30199069
Janet Yellen better keep printing for all of the tech workers' sake...
Otherwise, it's going to get really ugly really fast regardless of where you are working in tech...
How's the hiring process these days? With LinkedIn profile do tech companies still need a resume?
Haven't been in job market for quite some time.
Intel or Qualcomm?
Would you choose to work at Intel over qualcomm assuming similar pay/location. Any pros and cons from someone who has worked in both companies? No trolling please. Work at QC. Considering a move but thinking Intel will be just as bad, if not now, in... — read more
Is San Diego job market getting saturated due to this layoff?
I would think so
Torrey Harmon is on Ashley Madison, he is now a pastor.
Chose the right profession.
China Chipmakers Tap ARM Designs to Challenge Intel, Qualcomm
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-21/china-chipmakers-plague-intel-qualcomm-in-arm-aided-share-grab “Until that first customer gets the first tablet off the production line, our engineering teams basically live in the factories of the... — read more
Any word on what's going down?
It's awfully quiet these days - the calm before the storm. Are there any leaks at all? I need to know - who the hell has got to go.
Wonderful - QCOM stock has never been worse (since I joined).
What a mess. I hope my stock gets better once the company spits.
Question about PIPs:
Does your manager or HR have to tell you that you have been put on a PIP before it happens, or can they just assign you some humongous pile of sh*t to do, and then tell you when it's late that you failed your PIP?
espp price is around 55
ouch, stock price will approach this number soon