Thread regarding Qualcomm Inc. layoffs

@vbo you are absolutely right

There is european style redistribution of wealth at a gigantic scale in the U.S. but instead of going down it goes up. The Republican tax scam heavily favors the 1 and 0.1 percent.

This is a political issue. Nothing will change unless letters are written to the state Congress and try to find solutions to end this.

The only state that remained free of this law is Montana.

Yes, the US economy is one of the strongest. But we also rank in the 4th place worldwide when it comes to a pro-bussiness model instead of workers satisfaction and rights.

How does termination with no cause benefit enyone? I did not say only termination. I said- -with no cause --for any ridiculous and nepotist reason that it's still "legal."

Why don't you guys quit whining and form a union?

@1vbo I think you need to read up on some macro-economics before you spew out more class-warfare gibberish. At the least, read up on the countries that implement these socialist ideas and see why their economy is inferior to that of the U.S. For your education, an unintended consequence of restricting an employer’s ability to fire workers is that employers become reluctant to hire workers. When it is hard to fire, employers think thrice before they hire. This creates an inefficient labor market. France has a 9% unemployment rate. Be careful what you wish for. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/31/hiring-and-firing-to-be-made-easier-under-french-labour-reforms.html

You know it's a scam by it's name, "at will" like "right to work" is a euphemism for "we have the power and you have nothing"

The corporate masters who pull the Republican strings want to maintain a permanent underclass of workers to exploit; if any of us failed at our jobs as badly as SM has failed we'd be out on our asses - but it doesn't happen with the elite and powerful.

And then there are the trolls and the brainwashed who say it is weak and stupid or "commie" to stand up to management and the elite and they cowards or liars, every single one a lackey or stooge.

Without engineers innovating and producing QC would go under overnight, yet SM can barely say the word employee without sneering.

Grow up America, you are being exploited.

@cvt Hello!!! Don't send people to other countries that fast. This is about a specific retarded law, not the country itself!

@yjw Hiding incentives? So your most important incentive for doing good work is trying not to get fired?

LOL. Quite funny how few Q employees are intrinsically motivated to do good work. No wonder the company is going down the drain.

What do you mean of "having the cake and eat it"? If somebody doesn't have a bad performance review and no written documents stated otherwise, why they should not have rights?

What is the problem with distribution of wealth? Are you stating that this distribution should not apply to "humans" but those in power?

US labour market has some peculiarities. People can get fired instantly and without reasons and are paid more as well in basic salary and bonuses, essentially is a more dynamic market.

When you bring protections to employees, as Europe does, you are effectively redistributing wealth and hiding incentives which is the way humans move their a--.

So both systems have advantages and disadvantages, I hope is not a matter of people wanting to have their cake and eat it.

I also know a "she" that was expected not to talk a lot in the meetings. She was a hard worker and let go.

I hope this post will bring the true perspectives of what is really going on and I hope that real justice will take place in our life times.

Nobody went to study for so many years to be disregarded, nobody put so many hours and efforts to bring up something great, just to be stepped over in the end of the day.

I hope you all feel me on that.

I know a fabulous graphic designer. She makes the most amazing designs and always gets the best performance reviews. But she was let go because her hitech employer didnt need any more awesome fonts. They got out of the new font business.

This is going on EVERYWHERE! The one who came up with this law was clearly OFF.

Proper documentation shall be needed period. But somehow , someone came up with the idea that is not.

If a worker decides to leave for personal reasons it shall not be a problem as long as they don't dismiss or bellitle the company.

When they are let go for no reason, that is just plain wrong!

I can be designing the best toaster ever and be getting consistent 6 or 7 ratings. I should still be let go because qualcomm is not in the toaster making business!