Any ideas when the next big round of layoffs is going to happen? I'm not talking about the usual two here, three there type of layoffs that take place all the time. I'm asking about the nearly guaranteed start-of-the-year culling that I'm honestly... — read more
Topics regarding layoffs at Qualcomm Inc.
NUVIA, sounds promising?
Is there anyone to whom the agreement to acquire NUVIA seems a bit surprising? Some speculate that this is actually Google’s missed opportunity. I must admit I was surprised but that acquisition does sound promising. Time will certainly show... — read more
Qualcomm Employee Defrauds Company In Donation Scheme
https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/crime/donation-fraud-guilty-plea/509-c7e5e442-6298-4ac2-9cbd-44c763c4ee3b What's really sad is that the guy is high-up the food chain and a Sr. Director of Engineering, meaning he's probably making close to 300K... — read more
Vision & Dental downgrade
Hidden in fineprint im some random email from HR is a little detail that most people ignored. Q used to treat Sr Staff and above as "executive" for the purpose of giving extra benefits for dental and vision. They have now changed the title to... — read more
Qualcomm Layoffs 2021
How likely is that there will be Qualcomm Layoffs 2021? Any news or rumors?
AR20 Sr. Staff review and compensation
Got reviewed as Sr. Staff first time (promoted last year) I am wondering if what I got is fair. Bonus: 20 K, RSU 65K It seems super low. I used to get more than this when I was a staff? My score is 3.
More RIFs before next year?
Is it true something is coming?
AR20 Monetary rewards update thread
Post your score and your monetary rewards so we can see if we got screwed or not. Promoted from Senior to Staff: +21% base 15k bonus (lower than last year) 50k rsu
Qualcomedy again punishes employees
And rewards management. Last year was just a carrot...not real change, back to normal!
Last year promoted to Engineer, Rated 2 stating last year promotion.
Was promoted to Engineer (India) last year from Associate. Got 2 star this time, though fairly worked hard and did more than goals assigned. Was told because got promotion last year. Would be rated 2. Is it acceptable ? Shall I raise with HR ? — read more
Layoff in mobile BU to increase investment in adjustment BU.
Number of mobile BU customers are capped. After heavy R&D investment on 5G, 5G is stable enough. Hence the reduction in investment in mobile BU. Also there is uncertainty of APPLE after 2 years and Samsung also takes qualcomm chip in limited... — read more
AR20 - Performance Reviews
Have people gotten what they expect? from the email it looks as if the RSU pool is good this year ...
How could chip supply impact future layoffs?
Qualcomm only has 2 businesses that make money (qct and qtl). No other business is turning a profit. For someone to think that any other business is safe must be a troll. Also is Qualcomm does not provide chips to apple or Huawei in the future there... — read more
2-week notice / RSU vesting schedule
Hi, I plan to give a 2-week notice with my last day of November 20. It’s no accident this will coincide with the RSU vesting date. Do you think there’s any chance they’d decide to move my last day up to avoid this? I work in a non-engineering... — read more
Merry Christmas
Qualcomm preparing for a big stocking stuffer this year... filled with layoffs and no raises or promotions!
Any sign of Layoffs
Got an offer from Qcom. Wanted to know if there are any active rumors of layoffs in the coming few months ?
Qualcomm sued me for copying testplans
I have joined Qualcomm in last week of June and resigned on July last week as I got into tier-1 company. On my last day i have copied some of the testplans and SoC Block diagram. The very next day i got a call form HR asking me for explanation about... — read more
Nvidia to buy ARM
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/softbank-near-40-billion-deal-to-sell-arm-holdings-to-nvidia-2020-09-12
Qualcomm makes the top outsourcer list.
https://trak.in/tags/business/2020/08/23/qualcomm-infosys-received-maximum-h1b-visas-in-2020-these-job-profiles-in-high-demand-top-10-list/
AR-2020 is it a joke?
Many teams finishing calibration before even 3rd party feedback arrived. Sh–
Murthy joining back in Q
Welcome back Murthy!
Effective immediately:Promotion on hold for 2 years, freeze on hiring, salary cut expected
Small number lay offs 5% in January.
Murthy is Leaving Intel https://www.thelayoff.com/t/169pV12Q
(thread on Intel's Board): @OP+169pV12Q or https://www.thelayoff.com/t/169pV12Q
QCA lay-off around the corner?
I have a family and I would like to know more, there are rumors but not sure if that is a truth
what was the typical percentage salary increase from snr. to staff eng recently (2018/2019) ?
Does anyone know what was the typical percentage salary increase from snr. eng to staff eng at QCT recently, e.g., 2018-2019? Also, does it differ between modem and non-modem? Would appreciate any input. Thanks.
Lay offs around the corner?
Keep hearing this week in the GPS labs, on outsourcing and lay offs in US-SD. Anyone has more information?
Reliable lay-off info
Does anybody have any reliable lay-off info? I have a family , need to know. No trolls please. Thank you
Hiring will continue, lay off start in September.
15% lay-off in September, people who worked more than 10 years will be severely impacted. They are replaced by young or and fresh graduates.
Got fired today :-(
Got excellent ratings and was promoted to Staff not too long ago. They escorted me out right away. Did not even get a chance to copy my personal docs from my machine. Super bummed.
Qualcomm Boss- Insulting me in the meeting
My boss insulted me saying that I am talking like high school kid though I have doctorate. I felt really insulted but could not react immediately as I was gone to frozen mood. I did not believe Qualcomm has such bosses . Where should I report ? Or... — read more
contractor to full time chances
i have just joined as contractor as verification engineer. i got to know that there are plenty of full times jobs opened, if so can i directly talk to other haring managers for fulltime interviews. is there any rule such since i am a contractor, i... — read more
Recession, lay-offs only option going forward.
Many tech companies Very slowly realizing now that we are heading to full blown recession and it is not going to be V shaped recovery, it takes many years economy to come back. This quarter many tech cos refused to give guidelines, expect 50-60%... — read more
lay-off for sure
question is how many and when
Lay-off being planned
As I know there will be a huge lay being planned within the two months, demand from China declining, phone shipment declining by 50%. Management wanted to postpone layoffs but cash reserve is depleting faster than everyone thought.
Engineering lay-off
Rumors in my friends group
China US Cold War, QCOM is the victim
Lose business, impact will be sever going to the last Q