First family based leadership. Management is all white. Then they outsource to Other countries to optimize cost. Next, R&D is cut. Then cut down costs(Even coffee cup is charged 5c).
Split the company. Sold to the top bidder and wind down the company.
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I worked at Motorola and that company has a glass ceiling for software engineers at the Director level. Just like cars and airplanes, the telephone has become a few tens of millions of dollars of analog componentry and a few BILLION dollars of software. The company failed to recognize this, as does Qualcomm, which also has a glass ceiling for software engineers, they just keep quieter about it than at Motorola ... Deep down, Qualcomm is an analog / signals company and has NO BUSINESS being in the cell phone industry.
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The good news is that many other tech companies are seriously thinking of either relocating or opening up a "branch office" in San Diego because office space is cheaper here, and salaries are at least 15% less for the same degree of expertise. Housing is about half as much. You can always fly people to SV for conferences--or rent the Convention Center in SD. : )
At least motorola lasted another 10-11 years after this article came out. Q will be lucky to last half that long.
Motorola admits to having problems in recent years but insists the future is bright. CEO Christopher B. Galvin declined to comment for this article, but Motorola executives who report to him say he has set a hurdle of 15% to 20% revenue growth and, despite the company's problems, expects to achieve that within the next year or two. Galvin is betting that the industries the company is in will grow 15% a year, and expansion into new markets will be frosting on the cake. "We're not very happy with the last few years of business results," says Merle L. Gilmore, an executive vice-president. "Just as we have renewed businesses regularly in our history...we expect to be able to renew our business again." #adjacentmarkets #inevitable #2017 #everythingisawesome
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/stories/1998-05-03/how-motorola-lost-its-way
History repeats itself.
I worked at Mot and Q in SD and found Mot a much better work environment. Although I am white many engineers were not, and everyone seemed to get along well. No animosity regarding race or compensation. And we had great relationships with design teams all over the world, many in Asia. But it is true things had to end. It was inevitable. The difference between the two companies is Motorola recognized this and cashed out. Q is still in denial, and upper management may be willing to go down in a blaze of glory esp if they can stuff there life preservers with cash.