The Japanese takes out his digital camera and proudly exclaims, in my country we make so many of these digital cameras, that we don't need them...And throws is brand new DSLR camera out the window....The korean, not to be outdone by the Japanese... — read more 

I think they are on to something there...

Glassdoor ratings are now an unmitigated disaster. I've watched the CEO approval rating tick down since about 82% -- now it's at 70% and seemingly accelerating downward. BTW, Tim Cook over in FruitCo is humming along at 95%. Our "Positive Business... — read more 

This time maybe severe along with Europe

Will it make up for 10%..............

Hr gets a month.

Looks like QC situation is somewhat similar to Google's as in "pet projects" sense.. http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/googles-new-alphabetical-order "It’s possible that investors are as enthused as Page and Brin about the prospects for... — read more 

A lot of frankly melodramatic language has been used to describe me through history. Scourge, ghoul, night-bringer, despoiler, blah blah blah (blah! I vant to -- nevermind.) 100 years ago I despised the emergence of mass-market pop culture because... — read more 

I remember when Tencent, owner of the chinese web portal and microblog "WeiXin", offered shares of WeiXin not tied to the Tencent parent company, the parent company's stock tanked and the common shareholder was left holding the bag while everyone... — read more 

Today my wife got a letter from qualcomm HR, duly signed by some Pu.. Jo.. inviting me and my wife for EAP programme!!! WTF, we are already stressed out due to impending layoff's, family life is strained coz we come home only to open our laptop and... — read more 

Do you think our idiotic PMs and PEs use the word 'blocked' too often? Are they all constipated?

Started my new job yesterday, and it was good. Positive energy from everyone around. Everyone is busy, but in a good way. No competing team overseas, very sharp people. Efficiently scaled management team and relatively flat structure. Excellent work... — read more 

It just devalued it's currency....That's going to be really really itneresting for a company like the Q that gets 51% of it's revenue from there. Can you say lowered earnings next quarter?

If anyone from IT is reading this board, can you help check how many people are checking this board and for how long per day? It'd be interesting to compute the number of man hours are spent on this board and compare that to the shortfalls shown by... — read more 

A bit of wishful thinking - here is what I want to have in the BCG consulting findings: 1) Professional engineers don't need two bosses. This could save significant money by eliminating redundancy. 2) Engineers waste far too much time in meetings... — read more 

As part of the QCA acquisition, I received ~$120K worth (at time of grant, vesting over 3 yrs) of RSUs as part of a retention package and have essentially been in a rest and vest mode. I handle issues whenever there are escalations, but that's it... — read more 

Criteria has been finalized for cuts - 1. First name contains letter 'I' 2. Favorite color is blue 3. Prefers decaffeinated coffee 4. You are more qualified then your boss. There is a few dozen more criteria published but I would like not to list... — read more 

Thanks to the program management office under the direction of S this can be as simple as supporting a particular FEM or some other variation of a board. If you can't fudge numbers that are comprehensible from the comfort of our current position (ie... — read more 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ4a0vW0Y1o

"Now Harry... I'll be honest with you. The board is incredibly impressed with your experience. Your portfolio speaks loud and clear, your outstanding business sense is common knowledge, and you're one of the most down to earth candidates we've ever... — read more 

Runnin' through the 6 with my woes Countin' money you know how it goes Pray the real live forever man Pray the fakes get exposed I want that Ferrari then I swerve I want that Bugatti just to hurt I ain't rockin' my jewelry that's on purpose Niggas... — read more 

http://www.edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_training/warn/WARNReport-for-7-1-2015-to-08-10-2015.pdf

Saw one of the Qcom VP Engineering having a chat with a Exec team of a start-up in bay area !!

http://phandroid.com/2015/08/10/samsung-galaxy-s7-snapdragon-820/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2015/08/08/rsum-and-interview-tips-older-job-hunters/30734903/

UBS Makes Big Tech Stock Changes in Dividend Ruler Portfolio Read more: UBS Adds Texas Instruments, Cuts Qualcomm From Dividend Ruler Stock List (NASDAQ: TXN) (NASDAQ: QCOM) - 24/7 Wall St... — read more 

Won't hurt to see a bunch of unemployed people not be able to make their mortgage payments too. Bring on the pain train!

How can I volunteer to get laid off?

In other words, what's the dynamic range of the scores, really?

Q has just hire about 200 engineers from IKANO. Does this mean that Athero team will not get the GTFO pakage. Anyone?