I see them posting jobs everywhere for the PMIC group. The team used to have a very bad rap, is this still the case?
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We now report to BC, doomed. His way is the only way. Closed mind and short sighted.
A lot of questionable Senior Director promotions in Product and Test this year.
Wrong.... one of the better groups to work for in QC. Do not let a few disgrutled employees turn you off.
@Clnj I used to work for the PMIC and everything you said is spot on. I wasn't aware of what was awaiting me when I was hired, since the interview was decent. The red flags started to show up very quickly from bad treatment from leads and managers to lower pay. Things started to take its toll on my health so I decided to leave. Best decision ever. I met some good folks there, but management was bad and morale was low. Even if you complain to the SVP level, nothing would change. They are fully aware of the issues yet turning a blind eye. If you have technical skills, then joining the PMIC group at Qualcomm will be disastrous to your career, trust me on this.
I can categorically tell you it was really bad. I went four levels up to be heard and keep my job. The ill-treatment was so apalling. I realised I was so used to working in reasonable teams that PMIC felt like a slap. It felt like a bad movie. If you value your dignity, do not go there. The pay is pathetic, the treatment terrible, the only way it is surviving is by a constant supply on Indian contractors who convert to FTE.
I worked with the hardware team who does reference designs, few great guys in a pile of po-p. Puzzling why they are still there tolerating lame BS, at least one is sane enough to quit recently. The rest are pretty much a joke, especially the younger higher title clowns. Some newbies are trying to be good but would get wasted eventually. God save PMIC team, can he?
@onzx That is because you don't work there, what you see is just a facade. You will be treated like dirt especially if are doing bench test. I don't understand why anyone with two brain cells would join that group.
I don't work for PMIC group, but occasionally interact with some of their directors and principal engineers on project related queries, and I am quite pleased by them being very nice, patient and highly knowledgeable of their domain. Don't know what the fuss here is about, really.
Same Old Sh!t. Nothig has changed.
It is the classic paper emperor and useless eunuchs. The good engineers are leaving in waves, they are just desperately trying the backfill. Run, don't look back.