I am making the argument for not sharing information and knowledge with your peers.
In a perfect world you could relay knowledge freely and openly... but @ Q you risk others using your knowledge against you.
...There's nothing worse than seeing some incompetent peer get promoted over you with the all the help you provided them! -- Have any others seen this sick twist of fate?
What are your thoughts?
This is why experienced employees don’t want to train anyone, because they know they will be training their replacement. This is how Qualcomm has always functioned. The Q has always been pitted one employee against another. It is the way.
@8jib are you a noob in the industry looking to get training? or, are you one of the su---r from the management and HR?
The last thing I want to do is work with paranoid selfish people, who think that refusing to share is somehow going to not poison the well. These people have no value.
If you give what took you 20 years to accumulate to a new hire who is payed a third of your pay, what do you think the company will do? Give u a large bonus? hhhhh. You will be the first to be let go, seen that in the last layoffs.
"No one has gotten ahead by trying to stop others". No one is stopping others, they can go to college/ trainings to get it. Giving knowledge for free is diluting your value in the market, easy to understand. Just look at China, after taking/stealing knowledge, a lot of good paying American/European jobs are gone. People in the US/EU are living like $hit now mainly because of this "free training".
During my career, I freely shared information when asked. Those who don't share create a negative work environment. If they take over, it's time to move on.
Do not share information. It will be stolen and used behind your back. All for an extra 0.1% on the bonus.
I genuinely help people when they ask for help. When I ask people for help, I get one-two word replies with almost zero explanation. Reading these responses I realize what’s happening. No one has gotten ahead by trying to stop others. Get a better life losers
I worked at Q for 13 years starting in 2005. What used to be a great place to work turned into a giant mess.
If you are young, look at your stay at Q from a purely transactional point of view. They pay you and you do X. Also, be a little careful about how working at a company like Q may diminish your future income potential (i.e not learning a lot, becoming pigeonholed etc). Also, look a little bit about how happy you are there. I didn't realize how toxic the environment was until I left and worked somewhere else (one of the FAANG companies).
I realize I have a very limited perspective. But from the time I started at the Q till the time I left the Q my experience degraded considerably. Lots of responsibility and a collegial work environmet deteriorated over time into a "Game of Thrones" environment. If you are getting good $$$ and experience maybe it's worth playing the QCOM game. Just be careful that you don't wind up an expert at QCOM games and nothing else.
“ If a work is reused by a company, it should have to pay the code writer residuals just like the entertainment industry pays writers and actors.”
If you really understood how well that actually pays, you would feel differently.
Unnecessary competition between the peers is consequence of bad management. I have seen worse...
If you are irreplaceable, you are dangerous to management.
They can't get the work done without you.
They can't treat you like $hit.
They can't replace you easily.
If you quit they are sc--wed.
Management hates that. They will try and figure out how to get you out of that position of power.
It's all about control... and they want to have it over you.
If a work is reused by a company, it should have to pay the code writer residuals just like the entertainment industry pays writers and actors. But no companies like Q say they own anything you produce you become a wage slave.
@1dwb are you a program manager? If not, isn't your worth an actual deliverable like working code? What are you so insecure about?
"Basically saying hey... "We want the work done without having to pay YOU for it anymore. Please help us."
The problem is that those managers believe that once their employee gives them that information or writes it down, they can dispose of that employee or replace them.
We see that most of those managers are incompetent too and ask why were they promoted and are getting paid so much.
OP, it's team based. Hire more people with US education. Not saying they are smarter, but the sneakiness is exponentially reduced and in general they are more upfront.
When you know something and have skills others don't know, that makes you indispensable.
I've literally have had managers ask to break down exactly how to do the complicated work I was doing for them; just to try to attempt automating it.
Basically saying hey... "We want the work done without having to pay YOU for it anymore. Please help us."
Well FKTHAT$! .... No one is getting the only valuable asset I have for nothing... My knowledge.
Qualcomm is a toxic place to work. Been there done that. Get your RSUs, live below your means (i.e., save/invest) and get out when you think you have enough and/or something else lined up. Life is too short to waste anymore time than you have to on people like that..
I experienced the no sharing culture during my short stint at the PMIC group. People would withhold even the simplest knowledge to make you look bad. On top of that they would go behind your back to tell the managers you don't know this or that, very childish and selfish.
When individuals choose not to share their expertise or insights, it not only impedes the progress of projects but also creates a culture of mistrust and competitiveness. Moreover, by intentionally keeping others in the dark, these individuals undermine the collective success of the team. Such behavior not only reflects poorly on the individual but also diminishes the overall effectiveness of the team.
But hey, that is the culture of that group from top down. That was one of the reasons I left that group early.
I think this is happening in a lot of companies not just Q.
The corporate atmosphere is rottting.
Never train anyone, unless your job description is trainer. I spent many years/100k$ in college and unpaid internships to get knowledge. Go earn it!
And getting you replaced if you look competent and are a threat to your manager. Very common at Q.