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Jobless Better Than Q

Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Qualcomm for 4 years
December 17, 2016
San Diego, California
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

It's all relative. If you compare jobless to working at Q, then of course it's better to have a job. So the pro is: at least you have a job.

If you don't want a long-term career, don't want to be properly rewarded for your time and effort, and don't want an interesting job, then it is good for you.

Cons

Too many. First of all, they have many of their people leave good feedback here to cover up their terrible business practices. So, I would go to other websites and/or get hold of real people working at Q for more accurate info.

Overall, don't expect a long-term career since the good spots are already occupied by Chinese and Indian people who are horrible at mid to senior management.

Don't expect to get rewarded properly for your time (a lot of your time) and effort, and when it's time to let people go, you are most likely the first since they protect the people in their small circles.

They also hire many H1B to replace Americans and/or older people. It's still a bargain to hire young, fresh H1B at even the American workers' price since they work extremely long hours, so the company gets a huge investment return out of them at the same price. American workers simply won't work 60+ hours weekly regardless of pay.

The reason why H1B work extremely long hours is because Q threatens to not petition for their green card unless they work extremely long hours so Q can get a much greater investment return. Therefore, there is no reason why they want to hire American workers even at the same price.

So, a Green Card IS the ultimate leverage Q has against H1B and highly qualified American tech workers who can't find jobs taken by H1B.

Advice to Management

None as they are SIMPLY DESPICABLE

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