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Most are stockholders trying to get an inside scoop, internet trolls posting false information about h1b and the site admins themselves trying to keep up the activity.

Heard they are going to spin off this unit..any updates?

Any thruth in this. Cannot find references. There is a thread here and that's it: https://www.thelayoff.com/t/SpnedTt

Samsung recently announced that it would offer its mobile processor chips to smartphone makers, which could turn it into a formidable competitor to Qualcomm the world's top mobile chipmaker... — read more 

Facebook and Qualcomm aim to bring mega-fast Wi-Fi to urban areas https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-and-qualcomm-aim-to-bring-mega-fast-wi-fi-to-urban-areas/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0b&linkId=51966779

Chip sizes so large compared to Mediatek. I blame SOC management for not driving efficiency, its hitting our bottom line.

There's a lot of talk about being willing to move and finding another job in the Bay Area - for those willing to look. But if you're a (still locally-employed in SD) senior engineer, how realistic is it? Seems like there is a certain amount of "luck"... — read more 

Enrolled in Ph.D. in data science. I am done fixing crappy code.

Anyone leaving San Diego? If so which city has better job opportunities?

Old technology Overhead like in house fabs Revenue shrinking per latest earnings release Has not integrated Freescale fully. Major cultural differences Q should pay the $2B breakup fee and walk away. NXP is not worth the premium.

If the management in Qc was transparent and open and not giving politicial answers to questions then we will never need a website like this to discuss or know what’s really happening in our own company . I myself consider to be a positive person but... — read more 

Honesty please

Which one is winning? Learning disability?

the upper management must be fired for complete disaster of the company. GTFO. This is employees company GTFO morons.

Useless people are just making noise. CE GTFO you.

A fact. Need cost synergies of acquisition. Translation of cost synergies is LAYOFFS.

Price’s Law says that 50% of work at a company is done by a small number of people. Specifically, it says that 50% of work is done by the square root of the number of employees. When a company faces a setback, key employees are likely to be the first... — read more 

I think the next thing coming is the splitting of QCT. A major semi conductor company is going to buy QCT. This is based on some activities happening right now. Could also be based on the fact that I am doing #2 now.

Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, said that technically, if statisticians can better capture the value of software developed in Silicon Valley and embedded in global smartphones, the United States The trade deficit is expected to be halved... — read more 

BoD and CEO keeping their job at the expense of everything. They only meet expectations about giving false promises from quarter to quarter. I hear in news CEOs taking responsibilities and stepping down or kicked out in other companies, but this... — read more 

I was told by the cleaning lady so you know it's true....

QDT engineer here. Can anyone affected by earlier layoffs comment as to whether a "request to leave early" is likely to be approved? I understand this would allow starting a new job before the end of the notice period. (but would be after the last... — read more 

"China’s approval of a small US chip merger shows Beijing is actively reviewing such deals again after a brief pause to show its displeasure over US trade tensions."... — read more 

Once renowned as one of the best tech firms to work for: positive work environment, innovative, high-flying stock, generous benefits... Sought growth through acquisitions, many of which were only marginally successful or abject failures. Continued to... — read more 

After being forced to report to his rival, PTE SVP is planning to finally leave..

I'm used to only seeing coverage of Qualcomm layoffs online (if even there), so color me shocked when I saw this. "Qualcomm Layoffs Affecting Community"... — read more 

Everybody seems so excited about the forward movement in the NXP deal, even the projections of Qualcomm stock rise have gone significantly up, but what happens if in the end the deal really ends up falling through? How bad will it be for Qualcomm... — read more 

Wealthy Republican with connections. Board will not let him go. MAGA!

Also, who do these 59 percent who are confident of job security work for? Asking for a friend. The latest data from an annual Gallup survey shows that 11% of Americans believe they might lose their job within the next 12 months but 59% of Americans... — read more 

Where is the prior posting about Paul and Sanjay working together to take QC private - Did HR have it removed? PJ and SJ - that would be a great outcome - great leaders and visionaries who would oust the entire current management team and make QC a... — read more 

So far I only heard that RTP datacenter is ripe to be sold. Does anybody from there or otherwise know if that is indeed happening. I have a choice to move to datacenter but there is so much uncertainty now that it may be a bad decision? Thx

how motivated r u? have faith in leadership to bring back glory days?

QUALCOMM should be renamed as subject. If you don't know what it means, look it up.

Roses are Red Violets are Blue Unexpected '{' on line 32.

www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2018/05/14/controversial-uscis-memo-draws-major-h-1b-lawsuit/amp/

So, now that Chinese regulators have "found" Qualcomm's application for NXP acquisition again and are considering it, it's probably just a mater of time before the deal is finally closed. Whether this is going to turn out to be a good thing for us in... — read more