Something is brewing...
I love being in corporate r &d
Great hours. Great compensation. Good promotions. And not too busy. The last on the layoff list. The rest of you, worker harder. So I dont have to.
OUR CEO MADE IT TO THE LIST!
Check out this story on CNNMoney: http://money.cnn.com/gallery/news/companies/2015/05/16/top-paid-ceos/index.html
SM and his executive gang team should be investigated for favoring Jana and making private deals with them
SM is working hard to split QC. 1/3rd of CORP engineering will go to QCT and the rest will be laid off, 80% of IT will be outsourced. IP, legal will join the other company (IP-Q). SM and his executive gangs will make millions. INVESTIGATE QC... — read more
What would be your Fvck You Money Level.
What would you folks consider to be enough money to say fvck you? I'd say about $3million is a 1/2 way fvck you. And about $6million is a 100% fvck you, assuming in both cases, one already has a north county single family home paid off and one lives... — read more
EAT ORGANIC HEALTHY FOODS, EXCERCISE REGULARLY, QUIT SMOKING AND DON'T DRINK THE FREE SODA
Thank you for your teachings "Professor"
No more free massages with the executive health plan?
Damn! That sucks.
1-888-Q-LAYOFF
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EAT ORGANIC HEALTHY FOODS, EXCERCISE REGULARLY, QUICK SMOKING AND DON'T DRINK THE FREE SODA
Happy? "Professor" @102005
EAT ORGANIC HEALTHY FOODS, EXCERSIZE REGULARLY, QUICK SMOKING AND DON'T DRINK THE FREE SODA
Follow the advice and stop worrying about the health plan people!
Profits without Prosperity: From Value Creation to Value Extraction
Makes for an interesting read.... https://hbr.org/2014/09/profits-without-prosperity
Qualcomm VP arrested by FBI
I heard one Qualcomm vp arrested by FBI. he hired many engineers with some especial contract.( he received money regularly) Does anybody know the new?
QUALCOMM PEOPLE YOU ARE AWESOME!!!
Excellent week y'all, let's keep the momentum going and show the world! ... C'mom guys let's make Dr. Irwin Jacobs and the Chief Scientist proud! ... JANASS partners? forget about them, our CFO got us cover already, just focus on your work and don't... — read more
Juice is Loose
http://finra-markets.morningstar.com/BondCenter/BondDetail.jsp?ticker=C631775&symbol=QCOM4246679 .......... Just 20% of the offering. Did all you employees manage to front-run the buybacks? Probably gotta drive up prices so the higher ups can dump... — read more
ALLPlay and Bluetooth
Good news + stock is slowly ticking up. Any doomsday a$$ clown Moron faaaags wanna comment?
I'm really disappointed they are talking about reigning in the executive health plan again.
It took awhile for me to get to where I enjoy it. I especially like the cash allowance. Didn't have to pay anything to get my kid's braces, using that cash allowance awhile ago.
You guys are being too hard on the CEO
That poor guy is working as hard as he can. YOU try finding a way to bail out water from a sinking ship when your busy counting your money.
Ya Baby! 10 cores!!!
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eb13020c-f8af-11e4-be00-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=traffic/partner/feed_headline/us_yahoo/auddev Because obviously having 10 cores is completely necessary in a cell phone, since there aren't more creative ways to drain a... — read more
There used to be a company called Qualcomm, and one day the son of the founder stepped down as a CEO, and handled it to a warehouse manager who
ruined it. He let the best of his engineers and managers leave the company, and rewarded the useless people, he messed up his relationship with his top customers Apple and Samsung. He had no vision; all he cared about, is his investors and his ego... — read more
China smartphone sales drop...
Looks like hardware is starting to saturate in China now too. That's not good for a company like ours that gets more than 50% from overseas sales. Like many people are saying, software is going to drive the next round of innovation and that's where... — read more
Time to Unionize?
What do you think?
Smell That? It's Spring aka 'PIP and Cut' Time Here at Qualcomm
Can you smell it in the air? It's classic Qualcomm take on Spring Cleaning. We've taken a standard cost cutting exercise and over complicated / over-engineered it so it now takes 90 days, generally involves a BS process for "improving your... — read more
Well bye bye birdie
Heard that Level one is being axed...
QC Samsung marriage issues
http://www.mobilecommercepress.com/qualcomm-to-provide-new-mobile-technology-to-samsung/8516368/ Rumors of being back together? LOL. Sounds like a fragile marriage.
QMT layoff
Whats going on there? Last day? Any packages given out? Beware of going to Pix....that place is doomed too and run by a monkey staff....literally
Another bites the dust... Nvidia exits baseband.
Not that this was really surprising since they had very little success with the Tegra 4i....But Nvidia, exits the baseband modem business... — read more
heard 3k - 5k being let go ?
Rumor mill has it: 3-5 K people will be let go.. that is a huge number.. Heard QMT folks got pink slips as well
Severance, pip, and lay-off
Let's talk about severance, pip, and lay-offs from HR's perspective. First if you have been picked into the group to be reduced. You usually will be given two options as mentioned before: A voluntary resignation (severance) package and pip. The... — read more
Jana's Rosenstein speaks again
http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/2015/05/04/live-from-sohn-jana-defends-activism-qualcomm/ "Qualcomm has doubled headcount, contributing to a bloated cost structure, while R&D hasn’t been well managed, the board is over-tenured, and... — read more
What would be the actual Qualcomm stock value if it wasn't artificially inflated by the current plan for $15 billion share buyback?
http://seekingalpha.com/article/3135386-qualcomm-sell-in-may-and-go-away