The company could literally shed 20% and be better off. SO much dead weight with L1/H1 visa's, massive management bloat, and huge operational inefficiencies. Internal job creation is at an all time high as people clamor to create useless projects to justify useless jobs. Have even more massive layoffs to shock the system into some sort of more efficient state. People attending meetings all day feeling some sort of accomplishment at a 'hard days work'. Last time I checked, meetings didn't produce any viable product. Of course this is typical of every large business.
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I wonder if QC or any local firm can compare output of visa-based test engineering or SW engineering team to one that is mostly american workers and compare output/hours put into the project to measure efficiency?
Also, last time I checked, "tho" ain't no propers engrish grammar.
that's interesting and new to me.. hiring someone to do your 'phone' interview for you.. that's just messed up
Yea, the 'phone' interview, it's actually a network where the people you're interviewing on the phone, aren't the real person, they're contracted specifically for doing the phone interview, actually the whole chain (at least with contractors), where the person that actually shows up for work isn't the one who was interviewed, etc. It's a common process. I can't blame the H1/L1's for doing this, it's the companies that promote it by doing such hiring practicies (i.e. sometimes not much more than a pulse check), anyone would take advantage of loopholes like these if they exist (they exist at QCOM and other companies for sure).
The L1/H1 employees won't be let go unless their performance is really low but the contractors with this status are first to the chopping block.
The general trend for fresh grads with good talent has lately been to join startups. They know they're better off taking a risk by trying out a stint at a startup, than to waste their precious early 20s in a mammoth/dinosaur like company.
Kids coming fresh out of school these days don't prefer to join Qualcomm. Some teams in Bay Area have interviewed many kids in the past several months and offers were extended to the eligible ones. Out of many offers extended, not even a single offer was accepted. The entire dynamic of the industry is changing. In reality, semiconductor companies like ours can no longer compete with companies such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn etc in terms of pay, perks and benefits. Drastic changes are needed in how Qualcomm does talent acquisition. At the other end, nothing much is being done to retain existing talent as well.
This is a tough time for everyone, please keep it civil
There should really be some sort of protection for domestic talents. If this trend keeps on going, eventually there won't be many domestic college students wanting to get into technologies due to the perception that there won't be jobs when they graduate. I've worked for many big tech companies. I've seen thousands of applicants pumped out by USC in the LA area competing with local candidates. The subtle fact is that, once some of these L1/H1B folks get into management, they tend to hire their own people (hence, more L1/H1B folks). There are equally or more qualified local candidates, but they won't get a fair chance. This is the reality, and it's disturbing. Of course, there are some very bright L1/H1B talents. However, things should be balanced out and properly controlled to maintain domestic interests in technologies and science.
To add, the scrutiny done while hiring a full-time employee is much different compared to the scrutiny done while hiring a temp.
Jokes and immigration blames aside, the senior management (atleast at VP/Sr. Dir. level) are to blame for over-hiring so many contractors within their respective teams. They alone make the ultimate hiring decisions. I wonder if they're unable to scope head-count correctly, or if they receive some form of "incentives" from the firms providing so many contractors with false skill-sets for hiring in these numbers.
Some of our brighrest engineers are born overseas... Just saying...
I heard Qualcomm is considering Kim Jong Un as the new CEO. HR is currently working on his work visa.
Blame the immigration, right, that is such a low blow
You guys have nailed it here - the headcount will remain the same, L1/H1 folks will replace US folks in great numbers. The quality will sink and we will suffer as a company. i have seen the same thing happen to Cisco where I worked from 1996 to 2002. Slowely they started to replace the US talent with imported labor that had skills on paper, but had limited analytical and creative skills. I will not harp on the communication topic, in short, many of the folks kept saying YES because they simply had no ability to argue otherwise due to limited communication skills. We have been doing the same thing lately, I see the process accelerate...
while i was working , i came across some qualcomm employees who didn't even know how to write single line of c code. thus proves the high inefficient way of hiring people
and there were so many temps and contracts who were not even rolled over even though they were better than these employees
All departments are bloated with excess employees
Good for QCOM to refocus on core technology. Sad to see layoffs right before the Holidays.
L1/H1s are a lead weight around the neck of the company. Do shoddy work, do busy work and keep exclusive knowledge among themselves. American talent does not want to join QCOM cause they will feel like they are working in a Mumbai sweatshop.
"The company could literally shed 20% and be better off"
Perhaps if they cut the right departments - but they aren't doing that
blame game