Cutting people and paying a severance, or killing a project gets you someway to the $1B. How much is the company saving by the smart engineers, product managers, testers, and researchers who throw in the towel because they are fed up with racism, poor management and every other problem that Qualcomm has?
Like 80% of the guys here, I joined QC because it was a great company, with smart engineers. That still exists today, but our board is doing the best they can to give not only our best, even the worst of our status collectors a reason to hit the “eject” button.
To the executive board: End this torture now. Cut who you will, and announce it’s over. Be clear about your strategy, and what projects you start and why. It’s not too late, but it sure is getting close.