Confirmed news....Investors unanimously want him to step down.
QC organizationally structured as function or matrix or project-ized ?
Unclear if this is another cause of the all the heart aches. Perhaps structure is also another root cause of this situation. No ?
Minorities in high tech
Ones that came to the US as students in top engineering programs are cream of the crop and should be welcome. They actively drive innovation and create more jobs here. Grad schools pay them money to attend. Those that come straight on H1B visas for... — read more
When will the vote results be announced?
Proxy votes must be in by midnight March 4th. The proxy vote totals will be combined with the attendee votes at the shareholder meeting March 5th. Seems like the results should be finalized on Tuesday. But how and when will investors and employees be... — read more
6th March. There will be extra backup needed.
This meeting will be epic at the HeadQuarters. Held in cafeteria and extra backup requested. Hmmm. Whatever will happen that day don't take it as the end of the world. Don't lose yourself and don't be a statistic of those who jumped before. It sounds... — read more
Director of engineer only holds meetings? Isn't that a secretary role
Produce results or the ability to have technical Expertise isn't there in most of them. Well they are pals the senrior director and the senior director pals with VP then your job stays . Funny my director b--ches about their bosses all the time and... — read more
Stock after shareholder meeting?
Octane wins up 10 bucks or more Q wins, down 10 bucks atleast
You know how powerful Octane is...when you see him at the White House.
I don't know how many of you have seen Octane talking at the White House with Trump besides him.I can tell you that he has all the support to wipe Qualcomm away. Check that video on YouTube and be amazed.
PJ to be the CEO under Octane ?
Is this really probable ? should he accept this if offered ?
Irrespective of the acquisition Qualcomm should clean the house
Irrespective of what happens on 6th March, Qualcomm needs to clean the house...we are all shareholders in this company.. as a shareholder it is our money that is being spent on misfits VPs, Senior Directors, Directors who contribute nothing to the... — read more
What is your prediction for Tuesday?
I predict Octane does not get the majority and walks away.
Going to get Q logo tat on bicep
that'll show my loyalty when I wear white tees bro.
Any tips on how to adapt after leaving Q?
If would happen to be a victim of losing your job with Q how do you plan to adapt with having to leave? Do you think working for another company will match the quality you have now? Any tips?
I don't believe in layoffs!!!
Just because there will be a name change and a new concept, you shouldn't believe in the hype that will include layoffs. Change doesn't always come with negative consequences. All this layoff BS is just made up. Enjoy the weekend, return to your... — read more
Following the March 6 Shareholder Vote, Will the Remaining Qualcomm Board Resign?
Come March 6, Qualcomm Management and BOD are going to experience the power and wrath of capitalization...the loss of control. Shareholders have been poorly served by the current Management and Board. March 6 will be the beginning of necessary... — read more
New severance details
What is in the new package? Please Share
Qualcomm Cricket Stadium
So many damn Indians speaking hindi no more football, Qualcomm stadium will only have cricket .. and butter chicken will be on menu, no more hot dogs GTFO
AVGO back to the US by mid may!
It looks like the deal is done ! is it a good thing or a bad thing ?
QIPL -Work culture & Politics
QIPL is most bad place to work in inspite of highest paying company in Hyderabad List of worst wide spread bad practices that all directors , VPs , HR allow and follow (1)lot of politics and sycophancy to get good ratings. worse than aiadmk partymen... — read more
Just be patient
CA mentioned it will be very fast, but actually it needs some time. Directors will do the evaluation of their engineers and submit to VP, and VP will do the same thing to SVP. It takes time. It will be about a month from now. Let's see what happens... — read more
Will Q execute the layoff before the 3/6 stockholder meeting?
The is only one day left, no news. Why could not the manegement make a quick decision? Plus, won’t that convince the shareholders the current management can actually do something so they might vote for White? I cannot understand what the management... — read more
All these are diversion tactics of the fruit company
So that we get too busy with a bad deal with Broadcom, and there won't be any focus in non payment of dues by them.
File a JIRA
Open a jira ticket Assign to SM Feature request Description: Please fire my manager who can't code Tags: No longer required And why are there so many Indians fresh off the boat in SD? Send the boat back to Bombay.
What the heck does a PE do?
Other than get promoted to Vp after project bombs
5G National Security Concerns with AVGO Takeover are Overblown...
Fact: company employs hundreds if not thousands of workers from China, Iran, Russia without any type of DoD clearance.
Reservations please....
Would you like a window or aisle seat on the titanic?
What makes you stick with Qualcomm?
Why are you still here? Why did you come here in the first place? Look at the situation right now, uncertainity, unhappines, turmoil, greed, infighting, backstabbing. A reasonable and a logical move would be to jet immediately. Yet, almost everyone... — read more
Where do Qualcomm and Apple stand on the dispute ?
Resolved ? If so, is apple still a customer ?
One month per year severance?
I just read in another thread that Canadian employees receive one month per year when laid off. Can this be true? Isn't the severance policy company wide?
I love watching....
A slow motion train wreck...
Director+ levels demotion a solution the problem ?
Part of the problem the company is so bloated is perhaps/probably due to random promotions to friends and families and non contributors after certain level. wont QC be back to normal track, If folks starting Directors ( or equivalent ) and above are... — read more
Time to add Q to FANG?
FAQNG - pronounced f**g
Who here feels appreciated?
It's National Employee Appreciation Day! Aren't we lucky to be working for a company that appreciates its employees as much as Qualcomm? That sees us as its main asset and treats us as such? That would never try to pad the pockets of those on top... — read more
SD layoff number revealed: 3859
This is based on the savings of 1B. Leaked from a VP’s email caught by executive secretary. Good luck to all!!
Layoff before March 6
To show they are serious about the cost reduction to shareholders before the vote.
Layoffs, demotions, what's next?
Just wondering what's the next step in Qualcomm's quest for savings... We have layoffs, we have demotions, is simply firing people without a cause next? Well, let me rephrase that: firing people with a cause that suddenly appears out of thin air and... — read more
How many here think that Broadcom/AVGO is a Chinese company?
Just a raise of hands to determine the general dumbness factor here, because there is all this talk about China, chinese influence, the chinese communist party being behind this, and so on. Might explain a lot about the recent situation at Q if it... — read more
Corp R&D got layoff notice coming
I work in Corp r&d and got my heads up from my Jira pumping PhD useless director.