NetApp is in a meltdown mode, the board is on fire, &network-appliance

Former Disney Employees Speak Out About Outsourcing Of High-Tech Jobs Through The H1B Visa Program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAHtNQo3eog

... to be prosecuted

http://m.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/feb/05/ticker-qualcomm-executives-sued/?templates=mobile

An employee is Wrongfully Terminated when he or she is fired from employment for reasons that violate a fundamental public policy. There are a wide variety of reasons that an employee may be unlawfully terminated, including in retaliation for... — read more 

Lol... Tech workers really won't be able to afford to go to disneyland. Jobless, and now higher admission prices. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/disney-resets-theme-park-ticket-prices-slow-busy-191308144--finance.html

Look at all the job postings at the career site for engineers. They listed "not being a citizen and willingness to accept qc immigration sponsorship" as a minimun requirement for all engineering positions. Actually u know what? I think PhD... — read more 

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/25/laid-off-disney-worker-breaks-down-in-tears-before-senate-panel/

right!

My manager told us that company policy is changing in Q2. WFH will no longer be allowed and count against your vacation time. Seems BCG figured no one actually works on WFH.

Hey y'all Any of you ever notice what happens if you append "D" to "SM"... "SMD" That can't be a coincidence there. I think I'm really on to something here. Any ideas?

Google it: Citi: Risk of global recession rising

1) Ask your managee to write up what they've done this cycle 2) Ask your managee for names of people they wanna be reviewed by. 3) Spend a couple weeks reading through all the write-ups 4) Spend a couple more weeks meeting with other status... — read more 

Send your status right now. I mean right now. So your status collector can take Friday off. They get so tired during the week!!

The guy is the ultimate status collector. Somehow they let this guy work from New York while being the Santa Clara lead. Guess you can collect status from anywhere in the world

The Senate Subcommittee on Immigration will hold a hearing Thursday on "The Impact of High-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Workers." Its first witness will be an IT worker who trained his visa-holding replacement. Leo Perrero, an IT worker at Disney... — read more 

1) Setup weekly meeting with your team. At the meetings keep bullshitting so people engage you in circular conversations and it takes over an hour. Whatever you have to do make sure to show up to the meeting at least 15 minutes late. 2) Ask for... — read more 

If QC has peaked, who are the up and comers?

My manager asked me to surrender my citizenship so they can apply for an h1b and I can continue to be qualified for the position. WTF???

Why does a company that has x developers (people that actually work) need 2x people that just collect statuses and attend futile meetings all day, every day? And what's worse pay them more than the people actually doing the work? Old timers are... — read more 

QC dudes, want to get a vote going. The question is: If a status collector at qc (sr staff eng/managers and principal eng/managers) were to apply to 10 positions at competitive silicon valley companies (Facebook, Uber, Google, Netflix, etc or... — read more 

Incompetent insensitive HR which covers its ass and does nothing for Employee-welfare ? Corruption ? Working in fear ? Rigid policies for engineers ? Internal politics ? Leaders with no vision ? Lack of accountability ? Losers and misfits from US... — read more 

Happy Monday QC boys. Don't forget to send your statuses so those status collectors won't be bored

Anyone knows?

@G4aweZe

Rest and vest, rest and vest 3.0 beta!!!! Thank you qualcomm, for sponsoring my H1-B a decade ago. I've been enjoying the rest and vest all these years, both through the bad times and good times. And one thing is constant. Sell to retail buyers, buy... — read more 

It would force Apple todevise an ecryption program that currently does not exist for their customer-generated passcodes. It would force Apple to do this using Apple's resources, and at Apple's expense. It could not only damage one of Apple's key... — read more 

Well, we knew this was coming http://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinas-xiaomi-smartphone-chips-designed-house-h2-source-105327402--finance.html Apple, Samsung, and soon to be Huawei..

Only 460 million $ left.

I've been in cash a long time but that 0.5% interest rate stinks. Putting it back in the stock market would have saw a -5% return. What do some of you do to make it grow? Laddered CD's. Dividend stocks? Inflation indexed bonds?