Laying off 15% of the workforce, this company is a joke. The workforce is busy writing and developing new technology but the exec's people management and human capital utilization suck ass. Almost all companies I know are for profit. But without... — read more
Qualcomm to lay off more than 35% in total. Housing market will hit multi year low by January sell your second home, I sold mine just now
Buying 8 million motel
Help me... My parents have 2 rooms to rent. Which one should I live in so I can try to save more money on my minimum wage job so eventually ...
I can finally afford a 1/1 condo in Chula Vista?
Help me...After trying to save money for 15+years I still can't afford my own home, and my living expenses are getting larger by the day....
...Should I take my parents up on the offer and move back in with them and live there until I am 40+????
Help me. I'm a big loser that can't afford a home and I've been renting for the past 15+ years hoping for a big correction that give me a...
chance to buy... But no matter how long I wait, my paycheck keeps losing purchasing power, because my taxes keep going up, my rent keeps going up, my cost of food and clothing keeps going up, and my transportation costs keep going up... Meanwhile... — read more
Layoff Day
When is the exact date for layoff day?
Help me. I still can't afford a home...And my rent keeps going up....It's getting harder and harder for me to save money and make it grow....
...because with my ever increasing rent price, it's harder for me to make ends meet... What should I do?
My friend lost 30% in the stock, he is canceling his contract agreement to buy a 800k home
Lot of people like him, you will see start of the housing market crash very soon. China growth slowing, currency devalued, they stopped investing in the housings market
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK0Y9j_CGgM
When the company is going up and up everyone forgets about H1Bs. When the company is going down and down everyone blames them but the haters dont realize that you cannot ever replace an IT guy or the guys who are fired with someone doing Computer... — read more
5000 more to go in early 2016???
I am curious. Anybody think the San Diego Q will shrink to half its size .Anybody think that come early next year we are looking at another 5000 to go? Hearing chatter about this all the time. What do you think rumor or strong possibility?
Kyocera people contributed big time on this disaster!!!
Bunch of losers with no technical background but with many loser friends....just look at the whole Ops team.
Sell sell sell!!
Did you see the report out this am that says expect the share to have a small rally to $60 and then it will retreat to $50 .Personally I think $50 is overly positive don't you ? Why are so many people still blinded by the ACTUAL state of affairs ? To... — read more
Who here is an engineer that does it because they like to do it, versus being someone that has to do it?
For me, I'm a software geek at heart. And this is what I enjoy doing, regardless of how much money I could make doing something elsewhere. I acknowledge that while being an engineer won't be the highest yielding paid profession if you're working for... — read more
Party on Layoff Day!
Hey, let's organize cool parties to attend that mark various milestones of our demise. The first will be in September when we get notice that we're fired (or not fired). Game?
“Typically, companies hold onto their H-1B workers well after they have let huge numbers of their American workers go
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/17/Qualcomm-broadcom-nokia-layoffs-foreign-workers/
SD Reader did a great story on Q. They even reported on our comments about Paul and worthless managers!
http://m.sandiegoreader.com/news/2015/aug/26/citylights1-how-qualcomm-layoffs-affect-san-diego/?templates=mobile
Boom! About to lose another one.
http://venturebeat.com/2015/08/27/xiaomis-reported-move-to-in-house-chips-could-spell-trouble-for-qualcomm/
I cant blame an engineer who at some point qualified....
I cant blame an engineer who at some point qualified a full time job in such hard requirement company like Q ... the problem is working under stupid mangment. Mangment is the key that can make you successful or worth nothing in HR point of view, not... — read more
HW design need dying - Amazon shuttering Lab126 efforts
Looks like there is really no need for much HW engineers. Learning iOS and Android development is going to be much more lucrative and you do not even need a college degree for that... — read more
If laid off, do not despair
From 1996 to 2006, a group of scientists went onsite at Boeing to study what happens when a company is inundated with layoffs. They wrote a book about the study - "Turbulence: Boeing and the State of American Workers and Managers". They claim that... — read more
doctor
you engineers are just sad.. I've been a primary physician for over 10+ years.. I am not making a killing (after taxes and liabilities, i'll take home around $135k-140k annually), but I can practice into my late 60s or 70s.. the schooling was long... — read more
Which is America's next finest city? Its time to move on. Weather getting worse, cali gas prices going crazy and ofcorse Q-work getting worse,
Insane taxes, unaffordable homes, . . . .
If you use your iPhone or personal computer not work compute to participate in this site, can they find who we are to lay off with our IP addres
Just wanted to be safe
Should I still do my normal Xmas shopping if I don't have a job lined up yet? I know that if anything happens, i'll have a 6mo+ severance, but..
...not having anything lined up creates uncertainty and I don't want to risk not being able to make mortgage payments in the spring, since hiring will only start to pick up by then. I'm thinking I could do something wholesome like volunteering at... — read more
Nepotism and its rampant at Qualcomm
From 2006 to 2007 I was a contractor at QCT integrating browsers and 3rd part platforms as part of a mid sized Bay Area company. I interfaced with many folks in QCT and QIS. From 2007 to 2009, I had 4 interviews with folks I had worked with and I was... — read more
How will you enjoy the Labor Day weekend festivities with the specter of layoffs just around the corner?
Any good ideas to help block things out?
I have nothing to do but collecting repetitive status & attending boring meetings, should I be worry to be laid off?
Haha , hell no. The director is from the same village I came from and guess what? we are from the same caste as well :) So go work your a$$ off for me :)
Realignment final review is Thursday after Labour day, then it's communicated down.
Layoffs and reorg communicated the following week to line managers, 2 month notice provided so everyone can vest one last time in Nov. as a thank you for your service, pretty generous actually. #batman
Trump supports unlimited immigration for college grads. So you will get millions of H1Bs but they will be call Trump Visa.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/donald-trump-believe-candidate-stands-10-issues/ says "In addition, Trump would give a legal status to foreign students who complete a degree at an American university." SHould be 100 times as many visas as the H1B... — read more
I've stopped showing up at work
Partly because I've been disappointed with my job/role to begin with, but also because I need time and privacy to look for a job. It's just too awkward to search for jobs and try to receive calls in my cube. So, I've been burning my sick leave while... — read more