Hired the "best and brightest."
Used to be a good place for candid discussion.
Opportunity to work on some of the most innovative tech around.
Rank-and-file still mostly egalitarian and supportive, even if management is not.
CEO started the year saying "no change in headcount expected." 4 months later, a 12,000-person cut.
Trust is gone.
Employee morale is in the toilet.
A new exec is getting unheard-of pay and perks, killing the best part of the culture.
"Open door" is dead.
Offer buyouts to "high performers" who are stuck here now and are too young to retire. This is not the company I joined and have sweated for for 20+ years. I did not want to work at Qualcomm, but here we are. Be honest with us and drop the scripted QGS comments. I think my VP gets it. I also think he will retire.
It was over a decade ago, and mine was not a typical hiring process. I had specialized domain knowledge that is rare in India. The hiring manager knew me and sought me out through a headhunter. Hence, it was a simple conversation—not an interview!
Contacted first by a recruiter, followed by a four-hour on-site interview. No phone screen.
The interview consisted of one phone screening, followed by an on-site interview three weeks after the phone screening. The on-site interview was a 1:1 session from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, including a tour of the facility and lunch. The entire team was
It was over a decade ago, and mine was not a typical hiring process. I had specialized domain knowledge that is rare in India. The hiring manager knew me and sought me out through a headhunter. Hence, it was a simple conversation—not an interview!
Contacted first by a recruiter, followed by a four-hour on-site interview. No phone screen.
The interview consisted of one phone screening, followed by an on-site interview three weeks after the phone screening. The on-site interview was a 1:1 session from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, including a tour of the facility and lunch. The entire team was