QC has invest HuaXinTong , which working on ARM server chip in China

kind of worried

Any 'key' folks in your team paid $rentention ? Lots of tribe knowledge would be lost if some key folks all started leaving. So little knowledge is documented it would be really tough. At current stock performance RSUs/options have only weak... — read more 

SM, show some courage if you want to redeem yourself. Don't hide behind GD and CA. Here's a blueprint for 40% operating margin 1.Move all Operations to Asia - Ops head should be based in China. Move all Engineering to India - Engineering leadership... — read more 

any layoffs/shut downs in Q Europe?

Lots of talk of the bay area and raleigh offices. How about the Austin office? Any indication of shutting it down?

Trump just tweeted he instructed dept of commerce to bring ZTE back into business

We spend 33% of day at work and work environment is important. Which place is better? My first choice company made an offer in Bay Area. 2nd and 3rd choice companies gave me offers in Austin. I always lived in San Diego and happy to relocate to... — read more 

Tell me about Intel's yearly stacked rankings process... What is your honest opinion on it... It has the reputation of being brutal What does it mean to receive a Stock Level 4 during the above process I understand the current Cary site is over... — read more 

Why QDT chief resigned

For those of you that made the QCOM -> Apple jump. What's it like? Are there mandatory hours? I have 4 weeks of vacation right now.. do I lose that and only get 2 weeks (i.e., can you negotiate for and get more vacation days)? How about work/career?... — read more 

Yay lucky us!!

because Q labor is mostly not American and California is a historically blue state that will never vote for him anyways

Blue team are hiring

I know everybody rightfully hates layoffs but what other way is there for Qualcomm to cut costs efficiently to reach the announced one billion cut in annual costs? It's the only way that unfortunately makes sense for a company that's trying to ensure... — read more 

They considered closing down San Jose and moving everything off shore...Honest but demotivating speech..

From what I heard Q froze the PERM process for green card b/c of the layoff? I got H1B just now. Not sure if I should start visiting leetcode.com right now.

Please explain the slide where he said “no photos” and it was some color coded thing. Those of us watching the livestream were not shown this

Going to take this tank public before it's too late.

Get out now while the job market and economy is still good! Economies and job markets run in cycles and a downturn and recession is coming in the next year. You need to protect your future, your family and your retirement. Don't wait. One year from... — read more 

I guess they are really playing hard to get... Still no end in sight for the whole ordeal... "Qualcomm extends cash tender offer for NXP shares to 5.00 p.m. May 25"... — read more 

How is thisbusiness doing? Is it on way to becoming as big as we were made to believe or another flop?

Only focused on the stock price based on eps forecasts and buybacks. I think that is all he knows. Can't be strategic with such a short term cost cutting mindset. And the BOD is fooled by him, or are they being made fools by him?

Too many but amongst the top is employee morale and toxic work environments.

Being the core product, not sure if how big the layoff impact had on the modem software sector.

After layoff, qualcomm paying health insurance till end of June. After that I was told that I have these options (1) COBRA: Continue with same coverage but premium from your pocked (could bin e very expansive) (2) Shop for insurance in... — read more 

Good if depressing read for those who are interested in seeing what the job market is like for those over fifty-five. Why 55-Plus Workers Have So Many Bad Jobs... — read more 

i really wish people would stop whining about qualcomm's buyback plan since it's obviously working. very nice bump of 2 percent is exactly what we needed. this is a corporation, stop expecting it to act as something it's not!... — read more 

Most active board for sure....Posts by current employees, ex-employees, competitors and general observers. My overall observation is the company clearly has last its competitive edge with the real issue being a completely demoralized, pessimistic... — read more 

Thousands of good people were laid of in the past few months under the guise of cost cutting because it was supposedly necessary and now we learn that the company is using $10 billion to buy back its own stock?!?!?! Talk about making your employees... — read more 

Qualcomm buying back 10 billion dollars in shares instead. Confirmes, google it.

Tentatively planning

Unveiling new ways to cook books than unveiling new technologies. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/qualcomm-unveils-10-billion-stock-210604096.html Reporting ordinary dividends as 'return of capital' was genius ;-)

Spread the word https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intel-networking-event-in-raleigh-nc-on-monday-may-14-noon-5pm-tickets-45915081244

Again... Why am I not surprised by this at all? Qualcomm is reportedly planning to exit the ARM-based server space. This development comes across as a big positive for Intel and its shareholders... — read more 

I'm on an H1B visa and was impacted by the layoffs. I'm not seeing any interests in my skills the moment I say I'm on H1B visa, yet the employers say they don't discriminate. I've got a couple of job offers in B'lore, 1/3rd the total compensation but... — read more 

Need an update to this nearly 3 year old article, if the Tribune has the guts : http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/columnists/sdut-h1b-visa-foreign-competitors-next-cubicle-2015aug23-htmlstory.html

Will Qualcomm give severance to employees if your group (BU) gets sold to another company? Please answer if you know as my group will get sold to Jabil.