What can Qualcomm really do in this dynamic post-era of monopoly and expired licenses? Qualcomm has started losing its territory /dominance in wireless for the known reasons and we all know this is just a beginning. Now, the question is what it can... — read more
Manager-Employee Ratio at QC
QC has more managers per employee than most orgs -- directors, snr directors, vps, senior vps, principal x engineering/product management/business. Qualcomm has a rectangular hierarchy than a pyramid. There are about 12000 engineer, snr engineer... — read more
Drop in Quality
This might be just me, but here it goes anyway... Do you have a feeling that our overall quality has been dropping lately. Not sure what it is but I just have feeling that either we've gotten sloppier, or that there is less hands on oversight or... — read more
Management is corrupt takes credit, berates and PIPs hard working engineers, whistle-blowers
Fact: 1. Company has bought back billions of stock, but share count has even gone UP. Wealth transferr to managers execs who don't work at all, spend time in pompous meetings, saying their engineers will work weekends to get work done. Everyone know... — read more
Is this doable?
Dear HR, please let me know at least two weeks in advance about layoffs so that...I can drop a very large and heavy Agilent RF spectrum analyzer on my foot, fracturing it...so that I can claim worker's comp...and then go out on short term... — read more
Contact Senator Jeff Sessions H-1B
Sessions is against the H-1B scam and is head of the judiciary committee on immigration. If he makes a speech about the Qualcomm situation it might get into the national media. This might prevent Qualcomm from laying off citizens and keeping H-1Bs... — read more
Why stay in QC?
If Americans in QC are so stupid and hate H1B with vengeance, why do you want to stay in QC? I would take a hike any chance I get. This country has its rocky history with new foreigners and so take the first flight out of America is the best bet.
Hatred and anxiety on this forum
Time to take some psychotics guys. Don't get your worst take over you. Remember what Jesus the Lord said.
Song for the times @ Q
"Punish The Monkey" They're driving long nails into coffins You've been having sleepless nights You've gone as quiet as a church mouse And checking on your rights The boss has hung you out to dry And it looks as though They'll punish the monkey And... — read more
Acquisitions and then layoffs???
How is it that Qualcomm makes poor acquisitions for 100's and thousands of millions of dollars and then has to layoff employees while giving bonuses for executives? Two and a half billion for CSR? What do they have to offer again???
Employees are getting played
Do you realize that QC is playing a game with you. It's intended to make it cheaper to layoff folks by "warning" the folks they consider lower performers so they will leave before QC has to give them a severance package. This is a sick game that only... — read more
Qualcomm Future and H-1B
Imagine a big ocean going ship. The cook has a tiff with his girlfiend and goes berserk and runs to the engine room and uses his sharpest knives to destroy the electrical system. The engine dies but the momentum of the ship will keep it going for... — read more
It's over 9000: Intel to acquire Qualcomm
making it an H1B superpower. Don't be jealous! Cheers
Why does Eureka focus so much energy, time, resources on Maverick?
We have entire teams that bend over backwards for these guys daily. From what I can tell they have carte blanche over us. What is thr payoff? We sell half our chip solution to them at near cost. Meanwhile all of our other customers are 2nd priority... — read more
companies like q raked in profits during the good times by hiring h1bs
and blame it on the weather , h1bs etc when reality bites
So are you a critical member? *wink* *wink* ?
You are either: Critical non-critical 15% If you are in #1 then you should already know by now. that buys you another 6 months. anyway guys, no need to stress over this. unless you are some lousy worker, you will get a job somewhere. cheers.
Can someone post Vp count? Let's start tracking. Maybe sr Vp, dir, sr dir too.
Let's celebrate daily!
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/03/qualcomm-bernstein-layoff-executive-pay-microsoft/ #letthemeatcake
“We find the behavior to reward management so richly, while the company’s fundamentals were in the process of deteriorating (resulting in significant reductions in the rank-and-file) to be extremely distasteful,” Rasgon wrote.
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Please do not spam, if you continue I'll have no other option but to report you to the admins for a mass deletion of your hyperposing
It does not really matters what executives make, IF they run a successful AND ethical business
Here it does not seem to be the case