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Otherwise, it's going to get really ugly really fast regardless of where you are working in tech...

Haven't been in job market for quite some time.

Would you choose to work at Intel over qualcomm assuming similar pay/location. Any pros and cons from someone who has worked in both companies? No trolling please. Work at QC. Considering a move but thinking Intel will be just as bad, if not now, in... — read more 

I would think so

Chose the right profession.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-21/china-chipmakers-plague-intel-qualcomm-in-arm-aided-share-grab “Until that first customer gets the first tablet off the production line, our engineering teams basically live in the factories of the... — read more 

It's awfully quiet these days - the calm before the storm. Are there any leaks at all? I need to know - who the hell has got to go.

What a mess. I hope my stock gets better once the company spits.

Does your manager or HR have to tell you that you have been put on a PIP before it happens, or can they just assign you some humongous pile of sh*t to do, and then tell you when it's late that you failed your PIP?

ouch, stock price will approach this number soon

Wasn't expecting that. Ouch...hold on to your hats boys and girls..... the tech rollercoaster is just getting started.... You haven't seen nothing yet...this is eeriely looking to be like the start of the dotcom days burst....San Diego? I'd worry... — read more 

Lol

It will be a cool dividend stock once prices fall and dividend payments are 4%.....

Thanks for purchasing company shares and holding onto those shares, believing in the company's future. I appreciate that. I appreciate that why you used your own money to buy company shares at a supposedly discount, and holding on to them, I was able... — read more 

Why on earn would you hold onto ESPP shares to get that long term capital gains tax treatment, when reality is that you are subjecting yourself to capital losses, especially when you have a boatload of RSUs/options that would more than compensate you... — read more 

Are seeing your RSU/ESPP/options getting obliterated....Welcome back to reality....

Time to buy some shares....

By law, expect termination in September

Housing market will meltdown. Ready to work at Walmart as a geeter, not a joke serious.

Heard there are lots of affairs at Q. The bosses won't let their girlfriends go. Any idea???

anytime or only shortly after or during a review?

I remember hearing that mid-September was the time frame for those to be informed of their layoff. Is it exactly on the 15th of September or sometime 'around' mid-September. Also, if I hear nothing around the mid-September point should I assume I'm... — read more 

so hopeless for qcom

Anyone know how much managers and directors got as bonuses if they could force long-term and older employees to quit so that QC wouldn't have to pay them severance plus WARN Act benefits?

mysql> select email, isvalid from aminno_member_email where email like '%qualcomm%'; +-----------------------------------+---------+ | email | isvalid | +-----------------------------------+---------+ | sjt@qualcomm.com | 1 | | abrahamv@qualcomm.com... — read more 

Do they cover travel cost back to home country?

More bad news..http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-gains-share-global-smartphone-124950530.html

Another day, another tech beating.... I wonder if QC will fall below $60 today....

Talk about professionalism on his part.

There is enough material on managing changing markets and deteriorating organizational culture. Look at the typical objectives ...."Managing the performance of individual subordinates", "A firm's operative environment and how to sustain competitive... — read more 

The life usage models didn't change much for a long time. We produced more of the same thing over and over driving it to the best point of cost-value. Moore's law is falling apart, oil production is too high, tech needs are saturated, we have all the... — read more 

The man knows to keep people cracked up with his jokes - A lot are genuinely funny. Makes mean presentations as well.