Texas senator, secretive USA panel watching as reported by european rueters news org. CFIUS may block Broadcomm board nominee election if it happens.
Work s---s right now
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
Qualcomm's Cheating Conniving Directors
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
If your employees are not your most valuable resource, you fail
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
What Went Wrong at Qualcomm?
Soon to be a management case study in Harvard business school.
US national security panel is looking at Broadcom's plan to take over rival Qualcomm.
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
Shameful management team
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
Welcome to bcom
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
Very smart move by qcom
This will be a movie one day. Very smart movie of our ceo and board members to save qcom.
7 years of BCOM Experience Here
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 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
The Grand High-tech Soap Opera Continues
I am so sick of all of this... Cannot stand it any more...
To all you losers who came from Kyocera
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!!
BOD says $90 a share gets it done
going to be a crazy two weeks. Beware the Ides of March my freends.
JANA's position in this sale
Would someone care to chime in about their position in the sale, acquisition or merger? Thank you!
Shareholder dissatisfaction will drive this sale
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
FT: Qualcomm wants over $90/share from Broadcom
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3334245-ft-qualcomm-wants-90-share-broadcom?source=intbrokers_regular
What's Octane?
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
https://www.barrons.com/articles/broadcom-slams-qualcomm-for-theatrics-in-latest-proposal-1519666462
With AVGO take over now probable, could package for this lay-off become CIC?
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
BRCM wins
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
For every 2 bayarea employees 3 San Diego employees job can be saved
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??
Why did they buy a new Zambonie, it's not like the old one was broken.
San Jose Layoffs
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
Huawei announces its first 5G chip for mobile devices.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/25/17050296/huawei-balong-5g01-chip-5g-networks-tech-mwc-2018
real fact
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
2018 the economy rolls over for real...
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.
Does anyone knows the reason why my resume has been rejected by Apple and INTEL?
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.
cut principle and above
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.
Say what you want
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
Make this site a powerful tool. Help others!
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
Hang in there guys!
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
Lay offs in several phases
I heard from my senior VP (he is also not sure about his position), lay offs going to be in several phases and will continue until 2019. First lay off is off course slightly higher in numbers. Fine tuning after nxpi will continue beyond 2019. He put... — read more
Don't worry and don't believe the FUD here.
Believe me even if you are impacted you will find a job may be 1 or 3 or 6 months. The overall economic climate is still strong. This would also be the time to start something of your own if you have like minded friends with similar goals. Don't give... — read more
Anyone working this weekend?
I sure hope not. I’m putting in 40 and that’s it at this point until the Q shows me some love.