Slow down your work or don’t work at all (I bet many of you does it every day already), we cannot continue working like this with our management hiding the progress and the status of the acquisition from BCOM. Start the strike process NOW!!

My dad has been with Qualcomm for a little over two decades and he has this infuriating blind love and trust for the company. I keep trying to get him to if nothing else update his resume and send out a few feelers, but it's like talking to a wall... — read more 

Thank you all for good advice. I am now prepare for worst case. I have: 1) six months emergency fund to cover all family expenses 2) refreshes my CV and social media 3) applied to 10 position at different company 4) established goal to apply to one... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3334512-qualcomm-responds-broadcoms-disingenuous-statement Key quote: "The latest statement issued by Broadcom is disingenuous and clearly intended to create a false impression about Qualcomm's level of engagement. In... — read more 

I would guess not.. the stock price will settle at 78 and will be in suspended animation until the deal closes which could be well over a year.. there should be little incentive for current management to lay off.. thoughts ??

Texas senator, secretive USA panel watching as reported by european rueters news org. CFIUS may block Broadcomm board nominee election if it happens.

It s---s to be working late with so much uncertainty. These SVPs keeping the numbers and info close to their chest is a very selfish. They are a very selfish group as a whole and this company no longer has a soul. Just release the layoff numbers and... — read more 

How do we stop stupid a$$ directors from stealing IPs from good engineers? Case in point, I know one engineer who spent a considerable amount of time developing an IP, director liked it, went to the board and got rejected. Then this slimeball... — read more 

Jim Cramer who has been a cheerleader for Qualcomm and whose charitable trust has bought lots of Quakcomm stock said, "They don't have a good product"... Irwin, Steve Altman, Harvey White and the other visionaries who used to run Qualcomm resisted... — read more 

Soon to be a management case study in Harvard business school.

Not so fast my friend. Hock Tan is an agent for the Chinese Communist Party. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/26/us-national-security-panel-that-reviews-mergers-is-looking-at-broadcoms-plan-to-take-over-rival-qualcomm.html

They are there to enrich themselves and not give a damn about you guys. Remember this? https://www.google.com/amp/www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/technology/sdut-qualcomm-bernstein-layoff-executive-pay-microsoft-2015aug03-story,amp.html I hope... — read more 

Are you ready to work 12-14 PRODUCTIVE hours a day? No politics, just do whatever we assign to you without even questioning. We call Hock as Hawk, he is cruel as hawk, fire people without mercy. We all accepted the truth, we forget our home. Only... — read more 

This will be a movie one day. Very smart movie of our ceo and board members to save qcom.

Wanted to say hi and let you know to get ready for a ride of your career. Hock is a slave runner and it'll take a lot of adjustments and hard work to figure out both the culture and the expectations once you are on-boarded. It's doable, it'll not be... — read more 

QCOM is in this predicament for 2 reasons: QCOM did not foresee the importance of 64bit parts and did not have an immediate answer for the A7. QCOM went from leading node SOC to scrambling to be relevant. The response to the A7 was the 810 part, and... — read more 

I am so sick of all of this... Cannot stand it any more...

Pack your crap and get ready to leave!! Thanks to you and other losers from Kyocera now we were sold to BCOM. I am glad I took that new job 2 weeks ago so I will take my package and go!!

going to be a crazy two weeks. Beware the Ides of March my freends.

Would someone care to chime in about their position in the sale, acquisition or merger? Thank you!

Sad to see such a good company be brought down but it had to happen. Stock performance has been dismal. Management & BOD did nothing. Shareholder dissatisfaction will drive this sale. Qualcomm management has finally understood the shareholders... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3334245-ft-qualcomm-wants-90-share-broadcom?source=intbrokers_regular

Can someone explain what this Octane joke is about? I'm truly confused.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/broadcom-slams-qualcomm-for-theatrics-in-latest-proposal-1519666462

Given the fairly recent huge retention bonuses given to PJ & SM to keep them at the helm of the ship they’re running aground, it would be a nice gesture if they gave the CIC package as severance for the imminent lay-off victims. Not saying I’ve heard... — read more 

Qualcomm signalled on Monday it was open to a deal with Broadcom and said it would open its books to the Singapore-based group in an attempt to bring the two closer together on agreeing a price for what would be the largest tech acquisition in... — read more 

There is a significant overlap between NXP and San Jose deliverables. Also bay area employees are the most expensive employees...as it is more than half are totally useless..management should get rid of San Jose employees before impacting San Diego... — read more 

Why did they buy a new Zambonie, it's not like the old one was broken.

San Jose is super bloated too..too many useless VPS and Senior Directors...Get rid of them and get rid of half of the engineering/prod management/customer engineering/marketing staff...too many people doing nothing

https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/25/17050296/huawei-balong-5g01-chip-5g-networks-tech-mwc-2018

All the information about layoffs at this place are all wrong. The real number of layoffs is not as big as it was mentioned. Most of the reduction will happen from the operation and marketting. The layoff will happen only to the certain team that... — read more 

And 2019 it hits the fan, hard. I know you don't want to believe this and many will scoff and mock because you're afraid, but I know this for a fact and I am letting you know so you can be prepared.

I am an experienced engineer and my title is Senior Staff and recently got emails from both companies “Sorry we are not accepting resumes from Qualcomm” at this time.

Heard company will target to cut priciple and above. Too many priciple and managers/ directors with very low skills. They get promoted by helping each other. They created politics. Hope management will do right thing this time.

As long as its not company confidential or overtly racist or violating the rules of the forum...say what you want. I had to start this because that last post made me puke in my mouth a little. The guy that made the leader of the pack comment had me... — read more 

Below SVP no one has the details ...so stop the speculation. Stop bashing other teams. You don't have the complete context and details. Offer solutions and ideas to people impacted. This site has become a useless source for spreading fear with over... — read more 

Don’t freak out but be prepared. Have 6 months cash to cover expenses Update CV Exercise and be healthy for anxiety. I love you all even the annoying people. Everything will be ok Now go hug you family and pets and give thanks for so much good things... — read more