QC dominated by PE, PM and PdM org , it is insane that these organizations has much lesser cuts than the engineering teams. North America will be only PE, PM and PdM org with christiano leadership. He doesn't know the value of... — read more 

just read the news Q was on of the best unlimited vacation free dinner .....

Lots of hate towards high titles in this forum. But all those high titles in QC don’t mean much. QCOM total compensation came down dramatically over the last decade (when compared to top tech companies). Someone mentioned VPs making $1M/yr. These... — read more 

How are the targeted people determined? Who decides what

apply here https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite?jobFamilyGroup=0c40f6bd1d8f10ae43ffaefd46dc7e78&locationHierarchy1=2fcb99c455831013ea52fb338f2932d8 status collectors will not be considered

Are qcom executives looking at NVDA and realizing anything?

Any Percentage update for TCE?

Q won't go anywhere, but will shrink drastically. One by one, closing satellite locations, closing buildings, shutting down all its BS so-called research depts. They'll learn the hard way that "adjacent markets" are for pros with long term... — read more 

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4974456

They are working on the same field for many years, their skills are limited, not diversified, they are more like technicians. Hard to find another job. Even if they find a job, hard to survive over there.

Huawei Is Building a Secret Network for Chips, Trade Group Warns

If Qcom wants to stay in business, it need to be the first to come out with a 6G chip or even a combo 4G/5G/6G chip for both phones and base stations.

A couple of days ago a Qualcomm old timer, VP of marketing, posted a farewell message on LinkedIn. I wonder if he is one of the first ones to be notified. Kind of makes sense since his last day will be in late October right after RSU vesting. Anyone... — read more 

Qcom is almost done, it is end of it life cycle.

Will Q be another Nokia or Lucent, Nortel that will go bankrupt and fail overnight?

You will look back and you will be happy you got a package. Your colleagues after you will not have that option. Another Nokia in the works

We don't know anything yet. None of us do. If you keep stressing over this nonstop you won't have any strength left for when things do start happening. Try to focus on something else until more information is available. Just fixating on this right... — read more 

Start looking, doesn’t matter even if you have all 5s in your whole Q career.

are recent new grad hires rolling over from an internship going to be affected with the layoff? We have no performance reviews or anything since we just started … and we don’t make much compared to other roles.. what’s the criteria for the layoff? Is... — read more 

What do you think will happen? Who will be affected and how? What kind of selection criteria will be used? Whcih groups will be affected the most? Which levels will be affected the most? What's the business logic behind the whole thing... Oh... — read more 

Last time, they said they were cutting the low performers (1's and 2 ratings). Assuming that all that remain now are people who are performing at satisfactory level and above (3+ ratings)... What criteria are they gonna use for cutting now? ... — read more 

You hear noise from BA, DM, CA ....

With sales in China plummeting, how many Chinese employees will be laid off this time? The Chinese market is still the market for over 60% of Qualcomm's revenue to date. I know there is a big R&D team in the China office, maybe over 2000 engineers?... — read more 

Max out , as there are going to be no bonuse to push to 401 k this year

They purposefully descriminate based on age and national origin and then pay off the victim and call it a package. Do they do participate with other organizations to commit these crimes, is this a RICO type crime?

Why is Qualcomm’s culture so toxic ? I constantly hear about managers back stabbing each other, incompetent people being promoted because they are buddies with managers and directors. How can this be done by so many teams without VPs knowing it is... — read more 

How long do you get your job salary after notification ?? I am assuming it's another 2 weeks before your severance pay start !!

70% of those position will be removed. 100% guaranteed.

Why it needs so many senior staff and above people - to do what? Compare it to other teams and one will ridicule the number of sr staff, principal, directors it has. Just huge overheard on Qcom. Same applies to SW test. The work in these teams... — read more 

They can have all the patent plaques and qualcomm mugs.