Why?

Here are the details: Notifications in January 10% overall target in NA NA employees recently classified as "offsite" in PH being reviewed and scrutinized individually, target is 50% of those Senior engineering leadership discussed too many... — read more 

Basically unless you got promoted, you’re fair game as far as RIFs. I got a 3 meh…. Good luck everyone 🍀

Where is our CIO? Sum finance man is doing it not good for technology

Joined in

How bad is performance rating of 2 in my first year at Qualcomm. Should I brush up my resume?

I used to be proud to work at Qualcomm. It was a solid company, but now it feels so disorganized and it doesn’t seem to have anything new to offer. What frustrates me the most is that I can’t pinpoint when things started to change. Maybe I was too... — read more 

Any influence for srhldrs over cuts?

You have to give him credit. CA has excelled at proving the thousand year old proverb "A fish rots from the head." You have to wonder if the former CEOs like SM or PJ were still running the show, if it would have gotten to this low of a level. I... — read more 

Is this going to be an interesting year as it relates to Qualcomm layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

Have been increasingly challenging to find drinking water in my department after they took off the water machines and replaced it with empty water dispensers. Where are we going?

Lots of headwinds in front of us with the ARM lawsuit, shrinking Apple Share, potential Intel acquisition, and the inevitable layoffs. How will this impact AR24 reviews, raises, and RSU? Will they help reward us for putting up with the work load and... — read more 

It seems like Qualcomm is actually targeting its best employees instead of the low performers. The management is penalizing those who are well-paid despite knowing they're the most skilled ones in the company. It’s baffling to see such a disconnect... — read more 

Q employees are like christmas lights: They hang out together, but every other light doesn't work, and the rest aren't very bright.

I've been hearing some pretty wild horror stories about the job market for those of us over fifty. I’m truly hoping they’re just exaggerated tales. With my current situation, I might need to dive into job hunting by the end of the week. Should I be... — read more 

One more All hands ? And one more layoff announcement?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-23/arm-to-cancel-qualcomm-chip-design-license-in-escalation-of-feud

Any ideas how they’re tracking? 4 days required, but do they care how many hours are being spent onsite?

While working at Qcom, a married man in a management position attempted to use others, including HR, to initiate a more personal relationship with me. I was informally encouraged to reach out to him and share details about my personal life. He often... — read more 

After seeing this post, can confirm that more layoffs are inevitable for more partying https://x.com/cristianoamon/status/1848204446683066580/photo/1

QIPL CE Team Leads just know how to share report at the end of the month. They understand that total work done is defined by length of the report. & when it comes to RF people... especially their leads are horrible to work with but are over protected... — read more 

Exact date will be known by end this month.

What’s the latest chatter? I’ve heard a mix of rumors over the past few days, some true, others not. If anyone in the upper levels has any inside knowledge about what's going to happen, it’d be helpful to give us a heads up. After all, this is all... — read more 

My team hired an staff engineer during this lay off. This staff engineer has been a program manager for 10 years for another group and was laid off during this round.

People get promoted amid the layoffs ?

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/india-largest-engineering-centre-for-qualcomm-globally/amp_articleshow/114160813.cms Innovation is lost in the clouds.

Qualcomm might want to consider launching a weight loss program as its next big project—I’ve unintentionally proven its effectiveness! I was burdened with so much work that my teammates had plenty of free time to offer unsolicited "advice" or mock... — read more 

Why would I care about what will happen with QC? They have demonstrated many times over that they don’t care about any of us and see us as disposable goods. Why then still go on and talk as if our opinions matter or as if we are some intricate... — read more 

I just hope I can survive next layout so that I can pay my bill and Vest my RSU. What company priorities? Who care about long term planning when your job is constantly on the chopping board.

enough said...

We all know that the next round of layoffs is already in the works, so now’s the perfect time to dust off your resume and start applying. Trust me, it’s much better to be proactive in your job search before you find yourself on the receiving end of... — read more 

To date, more than 136,000 tech workers have been laid off by 422 companies in 2024. amazon: could cut 14,000 managerial role samsung: 30% global job cut qualcomm january ???

Plenty of openings out there

Hey guys I’m an ex Qualcomm employee thinking to rejoin. To all the people I know I reached out and also applied online. Got zero interview. Is there hiring freeze on all teams?

What #sh-t is going on? With so many repeat emails about rentals I wonder what happened to sd market?