I'm feeling nostalgic these days. How is it possible that a once great company is now a place that everyone wants to leave?
I never could have imagined that happening here before.
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Sad but it happens a lot. I worked for a small company that really treated it's employees well. Got bought out by a huge corporation and it was fine until it wasn't. Bailed to Q.
Nobody left Q in those days, great company (best place in San Diego) and if someone did leave, management was shocked and would try to sincerely find out why.
Fast forward, I left in the middle of the year, was the 15th engineer to leave that department that year. It's become a toxic he11 hole of politics.
Very happy where I am now, great work and culture, hope it stays that way!
Again, it's really sad.
"I've Gone Away" by Black Label Society should sum it up for the old timers.
Corrupt management, chinese Indians coming to US and signing up their entire village to work at Qualcomm.
First the innovation propels the company. Then, the empire builders start milking the system. The empire builders hire people which fits into their grand scheme of things. Prosperity for while. But like delayed effect of interest rates, the delayed effect of primary focus on empire building results in demise or decline of the company.
There's an easy fix - ensure true demographic diversity (even of it means some outlier talent loses out for the greater good of the company). And discourage status reporting by having individuals report status directly to stake holders.
Decline in Cisco started many many years ago, then Q a few years ago and as of now decline actively happening in the faangs.
The problem happened when it hires too many Indians, Indians don’t have any vision or original inventions, I am not being racist but it is true, and they never leave the Q, just stay forever. More talented people will choose to leave for better company and left ones are just ordinary ones and can’t pass other companies’ interviews. One thing about Indian is they like to show off in the meeting a lot but when it comes to real work, they are really bad at doing it.
They will then ruin the fruit company. In the old days, they were not dominated by H1Bs.
@vci+1o3Deiow lol. Mafia (mid management) has been moving from Q to Fruit company at regular clip.
In my department RFIC, what matters is an ethnic connection to your VPs and Sr Dirs. Nothing else. I am very glad to see the downfall of this corrupt place. Hopefully Apple build own and this mafia can be closed for good.
- SM the id--t CEO contributed to the decline
- Incompetent leadership
- Cronyism
- Offshoring to India ( ok for some stuff..but they can't handle critical thinking)
- VPs+..who has no value or vision
Sticking around because they are weak and selfish
@uat+1o3Deiow when did you get laid off?
All started in 2015 when new CEO started talking about investors value all the times and did the so-called reset the cost structure and unnecessary cost cutting causing a lot of relents leaving the company and went to the competitors. From that time, the situation just getting worse and worse due to care about short term investor value and causing long term big troubles.
Got my package today and it is GREAT TO BE OUT of that company.
H1B program exploitation.
Congratulations on your recent sobriety.