PJ attempted to save the company and sure he also had good intentions for the employees. Dont think he was for the layoffs and/or let the company taken over. Its not easy to build or run maga multi billion tech company such as Qualcomm. Obviously, his family must have sacrificed a lot when the company was still being built. If his family enjoyed the fruits, so be it. Nothing wrong with that. He was gentleman enough to step down.
Understand all of us make mistakes, some big and some small. Mistakes can take anyone down and it happened this time around. He might have been too good to the management and assume he trusted them way too much, till Sh-- the fan. They took him for a ride and that's my guess.
More than PJ stepping down, I would have appreciated to see SM and others step down before him! They need to be kicked out right away and escorted out.
As an outsider, I watched the rise and fall of this great company. I know plenty may may like and/or may not like him, but lets be respectable.
Best wishes to PJ and IJ.