Retraining them on embedded C, circuit design etc shouldn't cost that much, right? I guess the hard part is to make them understand that getting bossy with the lab PC is not going to help ....

Master, you are not saving sh*it to Barry! ....

Our activist want their money ... this is not going to work, people like LZ are expensive, see?

Please clarify.

I dreamed for months to see this bloodsuckers fatass VPs WITHOUT reports to get layoff and they are STILL there victorious and untouched by the ax while I see all these great and productive engineers being chopped without logic or reasoning .... the... — read more 

How'bout we all get together and have a S(hit) O(f) L(uck) lunch @ the Morehouse lawn sometime in the next 2 months? All 1314 of us? Brown bag, of course, since we cannot afford anything else anymore. They call it a Potluck Party in other companies... — read more 

We are a family of 6, and used to put aside monthly abut 10-15% of our income. Lately we seem to live paycheck to paycheck and have to do somehibg about it. Decided after few weeks of deliberation to put the little one, Jimmy, in foster care. He is... — read more 

Qualcomm is facing headwinds this year: royalty share is decreasing, technology prominence in 4G and 5G is soft, customers are building their own application processors and the share price looks quite overvalued compared to certain competitors... — read more 

Short man syndrome is an informal term and goes by other names such as 'Napoleon complex'. Technically it is a form of inferiority complex in which the person attempts to overcompensate for their perceived shortcoming. The term is often used to... — read more 

I am curious about this. Rumors are 2 month notice + 2wks pay / yr worked - is that right? I work for another semiconductor company - who knows maybe we will go through this soon as well - sorry to hear what you guys are going through. Sorry to see... — read more 

Qualcomm's support of free trade with Red China since 2000 is coming back to bite them. On Sep 16, the day layoffs started, a press release went out on how Qcom was going to give more money to the "China Children and Teenagers Fund" ! Hey Qcom execs... — read more 

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I bought in 2007 almost at the same level as now, it crashes within months, I think market is peaked and start slowing down from now

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Link is now broken https://www.thelayoff.com/qualcomm/post/6620425524084736

Only productive ppl got the notices.

These managers don't work but send emails and project they are working and get loads of work done by the engineers . Why are we paying this chunk of folks to be able to take advantage of other engineers ? The ridiculous chunk which needs to get out... — read more 

Spell check be damned, but that whole org should be chopped.

What scares me the most is, even after the layoffs and cost cutting, Q will continue losing market share and get squeezed in margins. Has anybody heard anything from senior management about what they plan to counter that? Have they ever articulated... — read more 

It is clearly far more than 1314 people here in SD. The HR folks have been used to spinning things for so long, they can't even tell the truth when Wall St. has already been told it's much higher. If you count all the voluntary retirements, people... — read more 

Non-Qualcomm employees trying to get out from under other sht SD companies are really screwed also. At least the ex-Q get Q severance pkg. There are other SD companies where after many years of pay freezes and job cuts, tech employees looking to get... — read more 

Bulk of the layoffs happened in the departments that also worked the hardest the most hours. More of the layoffs were from the less established, newer employees.

On one had, I know that I should take the job I just got and leave. On the other hand, if I can hang on for 1 more year, I would vest a considerable amount of money (2 years worth of salary elsewhere).. Plus my lifestyle in CRD will be much... — read more 

Why Wait 2.0?

At first I was afraid.... I was petrified... Kept thinking I could never live... without the Q by my side... But then I spent so many nights... thinking how Jana did me wrong... And I grew strong... And I learned how to get along.... and so Corp R&D... — read more 

Cool beans. Time to go surfing and show up for work at 10am

I want to sell one of my houses and my realtor told me the sooner the better. Does anyone know how the layoffs will affect the housing market in San Diego?

Qualcomm is not going to gain much in realignment. Things will become worse. All ppl who are good in emailing projecting for the junk work they have done as a NASA project survived. Give a device and ppl to collect logs with out any help. all junk... — read more 

A guy in CSR. waiting for the welcome letter from QCOM. this site makes me nervous. Sh!@#!@

More than 15% was expected in San Diego to get to 15% RIF worldwide. Was there significant attrition since layoffs were announced? Or more waves of layoff expected later this year and early next year? I bet they are trying to save on packages by... — read more 

I heard there are two waves. How many are leaving this Nov vs next March? Q hired thousands of fresh young engineers in the last two years. Are they impacted more or less in general? I am wondering what the most used excuse was when they informed the... — read more 

Next few rounds will be brutal...