This is how they do it silently when they don't find any other excuses. Sometimes, a re-org to change your manager prior to the goal-changes occurs as well so the new (excited) manager does the trick and the former one doesn't get his hands dirty.
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@109515 - LOL... good slip
Anonymous 109515 there are Federal and State Labor Laws and Qualcomm is not exempt! There are requirements for corporations to inform the Labor Dept. when a threshold number of reductions in force are anticipated. Performance Improvement Plans (PIP's) are being used at QC to circumvent these notification requirements. However sometime after the next QC earnings call the job cuts will be so massive as to make this a moot point.
Where's the obligatory comment about the ass action lawsuit? Oops class action