With ubiquitous Internet acesss trough 4G services and incredible powerful laptops, what else does an executive needs to work non-stop during that business trip? Those airport waits can be used for catching up on email, those long flights in business... — read more
Executive Team: Tomorrow is your last chance to confess your sins to Pope Francis
Make good use of that brand new G650 corporate jet..... Pope Francis Visits New York Friday, September 25, 2015 .......... 6 p.m. Madison Square Garden Mass ..... Repent.
Higuest Paid CEOs in America, look who is No. 2.
http://bgr.com/2015/09/23/highest-paid-tech-ceo/
when the fall review begins
i like bonus and rsu
Qualcomm Android/Linux department VP Nish Abrol moves to Google
Not a good sign ...
Great Ad Placement Marketing!
Not only oustandingly awful graphics and text, but what target market savvy, placing QPorn on a site with POed, punch-drunk employees. So, was the "brain" graphic ad a secret marketing missiion locate the missing brains at the top.
Qualcomm being looted: $7 billion paid out in dividends and stock buybacks in FY 2014
Many of the posters here have it wrong focusing on small things like company jets. Big picture is that Qualcomm is now being looted by the Jacobs family and Jana Partners (Barry Rosenstein). In fiscal year ending 9/30/14 $4.5 billion went to purchase... — read more
QC is in deep trouble
It is official now; there are no other US companies in mobile space. Marvell just quit. All companies that got out of mobile saw profit and stock price go up. What options does QC have?
Review cycle?
anyone heard if we are having a review cycle? Will there be bonuses/rsus , no matter how shitty?
Zero Motivation Today
I don't see myself as being productive over the next 60 (or whatever) days. This sucks.
Another round coming in the next few months? My mind says yes.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/sep/17/Qualcomm-layoffs-workers-samsung-cost-cutting/ If San Diego numbers in this layoff were 1300, and assuming numbers elsewhere was around 1000, there seems to be another round of 2300 coming in the... — read more
All layoffs will be cancelled?
everybody are going back to work? why wait?
"Vest it All,Vest it All" (Parody of Taylor Swift: Shake it off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM) Happy Monday...
I never stay too late…. Got nothing in my brain…. That’s what Corporate R& D say…. That’s what we do all day…. I miss too many project dates…. But they don’t make sense anyway… At least that’s what my VPs say… At least that’s what my VPs say… But I... — read more
Voting for Trump is like Voting for Obama
It proves only one thing. How dumb americans really are.
None of my tenants were impacted by the Q layoff.
Of course, all of them are H1-B's senior engineers making around $100k, so I doubt they were the expensive employees to employ.
My prediction... Hillary versus Fiorina
Insane woman that wants to turn the US into a welfare nation versus insance woman that will drive the economy into the ground like she did at HP. Enjoy, America.
Will Markham Site be completely shutdown?
Hello Will the Markham site completely shutdown or just reduced drastically? Anyone from Markham site any insights?
Work at Apple?
Thoughts on the fruit company's future?
I'm a senior engineer who is riftd...the sr staff guy in my team does no work yet stays..can I sue Q for such injustice..why should I suffer ???
Please help ! And suggest some attorneys..
go/transition
How many of you are able to access this? As one of the posts below mentioned.. if you've not been notified yet and ARE able to access this, you're probably on the list for the next round which might start in two months?
You know how when you're not thinking about anything work related some random thought will arrive that looks pretty cool?
Just had that happen at the nexus between handheld and automotive...and I won't say sh&t about it to anyone at QC, rather have it be neglected than make a penny for SM and crew. Save it for my next employer, or just have the satisfaction of thinking... — read more
Consulting Firm: 1 VP/40 Engineers ratio is it considered healthy for tech companies ?
Question on behalf of investors.... BTW, my elementary school teacher had more reports than my VP not to mention a VP with a single report or ZERO reports.
web development
How can you transition from a low level embedded software developer / firmware engineer (~10 years of experience) to web development? Serious responses please. Thanks.
Unbeliavable!
http://news.yahoo.com/video/man-critical-woman-jumps-westchester-005616549.html Moral of the story; be very careful when walking near tall buildings.
Future Plans
The San Diego Business Journal seeks to speak with Qualcomm employees who received layoff notices about their future plans. Will you stay in San Diego or go to Silicon Valley, Austin, Seattle or ... ? Brad Graves / 858-277-6586 / bradg AT sdbj DOTCOM
Is it just me that the "why wait" thingy sounds desperate and inept?
It's like "Why don't you slaves invent something for stupid and greedy me?!"
Top 10 hard hit sites/groups
1) Boulder 2) SD 3) ? ...
The "multitasking" from marketing put Snapdragon into urinals.
It's such a bad omen. Marketing people must be really stupid and ......gay.