Thread regarding Qualcomm Inc. layoffs

Then, we were doing soft handoffs

Now, just hard handoffs

Then:

Annual Christmas Party

Annual Summer Party

Cool Library

Now:

crickets

It's not all bad..

Then, you had to eat in q cafe

Now, you can eat from a car trunk on the side of the road.

I am the OP. My comment on 35yr old v. 55yr old management is not to say that management is old and complacent. But rather that, at that time, you could grow fast and make meaningful contributions at a young age. Now, imagine you are a 25yr old joining QC. You have zero chance of a fast track

Then : worked darn hard and rightly proud of the results of self and team

Now : work darn hard and then look at the bonus at the tax time and wonder why I bothered

(yeah, I know, first world problem yadda yadda, was doing taxes and......well.........time to move on)

Old timer (Now retired ). What an incredible place it was back in the 90's. We had some of the brightest engineering minds in the business. In 1999 even the techs were millionaires on paper from stock options. Irwin used to have quarterly meetings in the building Q auditorium and all the engineers fit into it. We actually listened to and believed in his vision. We had great (deserved) respect for corporate management.

It wasn't just the huge financial rewards that made the Q a great place to work. It was the actual work we were doing. We were are at the cutting edge of the cell phone revolution. I realize now, looking back on my career, what a rare opportunity it was.

Good luck to all.

Then: CDMA

Now: WCDMA/LTE/5G

Future: 6G, Japanese subsidiary of Softbank

Then, I was an expert at ASIA and Perl

Now, I added bash to my resume

Then

a CEO with vision and passion, a QCT lead with drive & motivation

Now

An incompetent CEO, no QCT leadership

What do you expect? Then = sales with high growth rates, now = sales plateau. Everybody had a good time while we posted amazing quarterly and YoY growth and grew complacent. Now with flat sales, bloated headcount, and no ideas for what's next, you should expect cost cutting and a ride down the S-curve's tailing slope.

Then, planting spys in Rostov.

Now, national security asset.

Then 10% H1b's.

Now 10% non H1b's.

Stupid OP,

That comment about 35 years old vs 55 yearls old management doesn't make sense.

All it conveys is some of the management stayed and grew older with the company. So f'in what?? Dude look at Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, our own Irvin.

What's the story with Jenna?

Then: Look who's on Ashley Madison!

Now: Look who's on thelayoff.com.

Then:

I know a lot of awesome engineers that work here.

Now:

I know a lot of awesome engineers running new startups.

Then : Jenna Jameson working the pole.(old timers will know)

Now: Cupcakes and viagra for getting it up in Canada.

Top 10 in layoffs.com ..............ROFL

so you promote age discrimination, op?

Then ESPPs you held onto

Now ESPSs you sell ASAP

Then:

Engineering directors who did actual engineering, and mentoring, and managing and who knew what each team was doing

Now:

Engineering directors who attend back to back meetings all day, don't actually to any engineering any more, rarely mentor, dont actually know what anyone is doing beyond their status reports

True

USA 2018