Thread regarding Qualcomm Inc. layoffs

@1sbj - thanks for sharing! I agree with your comment. It's far more important to find the right people and team to work with. It literally impact to your longevity. When look for your next job, ask to meet with some team members and see if you like their culture and personality. Interviews should be a two way street. Avoid similar culture we have here and try to not bring over the toxic over. Remember what happened here and do everything you can to protect the new place from toxic culture. Good luck to us all.

I left Q for a small, profitable division in a large company. It's left on its own and it's very small company feel.

I make less money than I did at the Q, but I am a lot happier.

I've worked for a lot of companies with a lot of cultures, I have about 10 years left until retirement, and I don't want to spend then in a toxic work environment like the Q.

I work a 40 hour week, not a 60 to 80 hour week. We don't even check email once we leave the office.

I am trained on, or being trained on every aspect of the operation, not stuck in one narrow task.

Meetings are few, and productive.

I trust my director on up to the CEO, and respect them all.

It's wonderful. I really suggest that you find a non corporate atmosphere place. It makes your whole life better.

I was recruiting for engineers at UCSD a few years back when working at another company. The students could be classified into two groups: 1) status-conscious namedroppers who were dying for a chance to work at Q, 2) people who swore their mission was to NOT to work for Qualcomm and not become total jacka@sses. I swear the former all sported the same plagiarized subcontinental resume.

Normally, It’s unsettling at first when the CEO knows where you went on vacation and is delighted that you actually got some time off.

But, Senior management knows I haven’t taken a day off since New Years but contributed to a (successful) CES show..

You will have to downplay where you come from in your future interviews. Working with ex-Broadcom engineers in a support role, “that’s not normally in the scope of my responsibilities” is a phrase you should not say out loud...

it’s your root cause to find because you are “the one.” They did it. They kicked a--.

Go do it..

@S0Qrwvz-aua works for me.

Bro, complete testing by end of today and send me the status report by 9:00 PM. Also, set up a conf call with Altantic team for Sunday morning at 5:00 AM and another follow up at 10:00 PM in the evening with Arctic team. Penguin and polar are waiting for an update.

-arh, curious where the hell do you work?

Did you ever work for Q?

Dont think too much. Have a plan, go with the flow.

Also, if you have nee with Qualcomm for long time, your brain has been subjected to high stress and brian-washed. As done in military camps. Focus t clean it up and bring in more positive ion into youtself. Take on on some hobbies. This will take ~3-6 months.

Have a life, Qualcomm WAS just a job. I think all should quit and see how nice and different life is outside Qualcomm.

I adapted after the 2015 lay-off by playing golf, hitting the gym a lot and smoking pot.

Lol, so now the op is posting a reply to himself?

Depends where you go. If you move to another big corporation, like Intel for example, you will fit right in. It will feel like home. Same problems, same advantages, same disregard for humanity or morality. If you move to a smaller privately owned company, the adjustment can be quite severe. On the one hand, you are personally appreciated for the work you do, but you are also not able to hide inside of a big anonymous structure. At a company like Q, there is a certain system, and once you learn to play it, you can ride that train for a long time. That usually doesn‘t work in smaller companies. But if you actually want to be productive on a daily basis, working in teams on directly tangible results, then a smaller company is for you.

Put the crack pipe down and go for a walk.