Inside News - In india - majorly South indians employees are going to laid off!! See this week

Even here we're only getting bare bones. What's going on?

My manager/sr director still did not give clarity on if it’s over or not :/

Over the next two months, some employees may be offered opportunities to move to other teams, followed by another round of layoffs unrelated to individual performance.

I just wanted to say, there is nothing wrong with you. We are all talented, and we will figure out something better. We just need to remember lifelong who actually mentored us, and who stayed engaged and supportive at work. Today is your turn... — read more 

US based. Received email notification about meeting with the upper up today this morning. On Teams it appears only between me and this upper up. I've been mentally prepared for this during the past weekend(s). However when I was arriving to the room... — read more 

Anyone know the approximate percentage overall ? Good luck and best wishes to all who were impacted. We all know the whole performance thing is not warranted. Hold your head high !

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All the old-timers seem to be stuck in a modem-era mindset. What else can we expect? No fresh thinking, no new ideas, and no appetite for innovation. It’s always a catch-up game, following what other companies are doing and staying 3–4 years behind... — read more 

There will be an other layoffs after next Monday likely in January. BCG will be on site in December.

Then wouldn't notifications be on 11/6?

god knows how much by eoy. will it trigger layoffs? payroll shrinking can at least stabilize the drop. dont know and i hope i am not right.

This is coming from a guy who used to work at Qualcomm. Qualcomm's third attempt at data centers... apparently the first two weren't enough to teach us that data centers are harder than Investor Day slides... — read more 

I have been officially notified today. Had to return my laptop and my badge and leave for the day. The severance package was in accordance to the law of your country. Compared to the last layoff , this package is way lower than the previous one... — read more 

Zero innovation. Everyone just works on improving what has already been done.

Why aren't h1b getting layoffs, many are really bad and they just won't at at all. Some don't even know git I'm surprised as to how they even get hired due to nepotism? As I see quite an few family members getting hired....fire all h1bs

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Seems not from my own observation. What to do if an interviewer asks for one?

If layoffs are the main way a company improves its financial results, something is wrong with its business model. Eventually, there won't be enough people left here to keep things running properly.

Managers are at Q are not professionally trained and hence they have biases in Thier decision making So it is best to let AI do that job to see who are real performers than AI do the job

What the fu-k is this… why you guys (c-level fols) make the most majority of employees go thru such a horrible vibe. Notify victims on the day of announcement for the plan of layoff. Are you giving victims time to prepare? Shut up… you guys can... — read more 

Anywhere?

We all know it won't be, but for me, the waiting is worse than potentially knowing I was laid off. If I'm getting shown the door, I'd much rather know as soon as possible than have to stress about it for another day or two. And if I'm not getting... — read more 

Many employees at Qualcomm appear to lack the energy, enthusiasm, and sense of urgency needed to drive innovation and remain competitive. The company should consider a structured workforce renewal strategy, replacing approximately 25% of its... — read more 

Datacenter will not save Qc. BU leadership is full of nepotism and discarded mobile product managers with zero datacenter industry experience for any prospective customers to take Qc seriously. No wonder all datacenter products keep getting cancelled... — read more 

Monday or after earning call?

if it continues to slide, we will have major problems

I was laid off from Q a while ago. Quite a few things have happened since then. I found another job, in a remarkably similar business, and had some time to reflect. One thing strikes me as particularly peculiar. At Qualcomm, you could literally... — read more 

6-7% now, another 7% in small multiples until March/April.

please be patient for God 's sake 🙏 there's Literally life beyond Q

I got laid off 2 years ago and my life turned for better not worse. I did decide to have my priorities in life changed and hence the lay off happened at the exact right time! I thanked all my management chain for laying me off and I started a new... — read more