Intel's x86 cash cow isn't going anyway, which allows it to continue to invest in mobile. It can continue to loose billions at the expense of gaining market share. It has cutting edge manufacturing, plus that allows it to keep the foundry margins... — read more 

Does a phone really need 8 cores? Lol......The 810. What a dud.

If things go like they have in the past, NOBODY will be laid-off. At least no engineers that is. QCOM does not lay off engineers. They fire them. Seen it happen several times. The quota comes down, management is forced to "identify" x% of the... — read more 

Why doesn't the terrible new ad campaign at least use grammar correctly? "Why wait" without a question mark doesn't mean what it intends to say. Who are you? asks for your identity. Who are you. is the title of a rock band's album after they were... — read more 

I have been here 5.6 years and I really have come to hate my boss. He is a self centered ego crazed a$$ clown. Any advise on how I can make him quit? Our group is pretty good to work with except him.

No reason to wait on layoffs. Since the ad campaign shows at the end of it that many of things featured are not commercially available, why not replace one ad with a commercial showing how well QC lays people off (the great packages, the touchy feely... — read more 

It doesn't appear the executive team didnt take any effort to try to place these people in other open positions in their own bu much less the company. That certainly is not Qualcomm culture.

Yeah other companies spend millions in ads (for example apple) but they have a product to push....what is #WhyWait selling? DREAMS?

He has no leadership skills whatsoever to lead the efforts of his 35+ reports, our group is failure and I feel ashame of belonging to it. The biggie is coming and he keeps hiring people for whom he doesn't really have a project. It seems he only... — read more 

this can save a lot

1 get rid of all the free candy 2 stop allowing orders of lunch food for internal only meetings at noon 3 get rid of free soda 4 get rid of shuttles 5 sell off all gym equipment 6 sell all TVs and refrigerators in break room 7 stop allowing business... — read more 

normally each year is 2.5% raise, 10% bonus. what about yours?

Van Diemen's Land Song by U2 Lyrics Hold me now, oh hold me now 'Til this hour has gone around And I'm gone on the rising tide For to face Van Diemen's land It's a bitter pill I swallow here To be rent from one so dear We fought for justice and not... — read more 

Anyone notice that Dan Sullivan decides to step down right before the massive bloodletting begins. Michelle Sterling has no heart, so she won't give a second thought to giving 5,000 people their walking papers.

50/50?

See you all at QSOL 2015!!!

Fire everyone but QREF and shuttle drivers Remodel all existing properties as low income housing, get paid but the city and local builders for meeting the low income housing requirements. Have a shuttle service running maids and gardeners from Q... — read more 

I work in particular ASIC group and my director is an old SOB. I have done some amazing designs and my skills are unique to the group but I dont get along with him. Maybe cause I have a PHD and he is an undergrad? This MF still hasnt given me my... — read more 

We got to live one more quarter, the big one is still a few months ahead and the RSUs are coming next month. What else do we need to go out and celebrate? Those that already got their promotions are invitated too. See y'all there !!!

Not that we know the results from the outside expert, but certainly we can think of the painfully obvious. Please no "just fire the managers and poo poo heads", unfortunately that strategy won't yield the layoff firepower that everyone is worried... — read more 

Seems our cheerleader got laid off (no post for the last couple of days). I post this on his behalf.

How are we going to evolve? Any takers?

Well, actually we do. The QC rumor mill (which is almost never wrong) says as many as 5K by the Fall. Of course, this is subject to change, if the board wimps out again (like they did in Feb. when everyone was so angry about the huge bonuses given to... — read more 

Outside expert? !!!! SM, just read this blog for cost reduction ideas, there are plenty here. Save some money.