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- Intel employee considering Qualcomm offer Backstory: I am working at Intel at Grade 5 level in Bay Area earning $118K per year. My RSU at Intel is $20K. Currently: Got an offer from Qualcomm at Austin Qualcomm: Salary -> $110K (could not move this) Sign-on -> $40K (moved this from $25k) RSU -> $100K (moved this from $60
- Help needed from Qualcomm employee My wife’s niece’s husband worked in Qualcomm in San Diego area. He passed away in India today due to COVID-19. We are trying to figure out the next steps.. but just wanted to see if someone can help us with an email address or phone number for HR other than what I was able to find on the internet -
- link Intel Employee Considering Qualcomm and AMD offers Backstory: I am working at Intel at Grade 5 level in Bay Area earning $118K per year. My RSU at Intel is $20K. YoE: 2 years Currently: Got an offer from Qualcomm at Austin Got an offer from AMD at Austin Qualcomm: Position: Senior Engineer Salary -> $110K (could not move this) Sign-on -&
- Are qualcomm employees being blacklisted? Applied for atleast 50 companies in Boston Area(last week) from small to large. Didn't even get one single call yet. Should I give more time or assume no one wants me. I have 5+ years of experience in embedded low level development. My major is Comp sci, proficient in C/C++. @Qualcomm @Boston
- Qualcomm bumping up TC to stop employees joining Apple I left @Qualcomm 2 months ago and joined @Apple. I used to work for a core team in Qualcomm and had a low TC. My manager mostly used me on least important assignments and all the good assignments went to my peers. So, I did not had any motivation to work here. I received a rating of 3 for AR18, AR1
- vote Apple and Qualcomm employees. What will you do? Apple and Qualcomm announced return to office. What we you do? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tech-giant-qualcomm-will-have-a-flexible-return-to-office-policy-for-workers-183304424.html Qualcomm's incoming CEO Cristiano Amon shares his thoughts on the return to office plans for the tech giant.
- Favorite Thing About QCOM I'm considering an offer @ Qualcomm in San Diego, CA. What are some of your favorite perks? What's the employee culture like?
- Qualcomm pay rise Qualcomm today announced a 5% rise to all employees. Best part of it applies to new hires as well. What do you guys think? I guess this is at the expense of bad wlb
- Qualcomm benefits Does Qualcomm gives good employee benefits?
- Smoking room for vaping Does Qualcomm have smoking room / outside designated smoke area for employees? Just asking because of on-site starting policy and recently joined Qualcomm.#hybrid #on-site PS: I do not smoke but I do vape and I want to use that area for vaping.
- Qualcomm's Policy on I-140 withdrawal in Hi All, I got a job offer from another company and plan to leave Qualcomm soon. However, my i140 application was approved recentlly. Does anyone know if Qualcomm withdraws the I-140 application for employees that left Qualcomm? Many Thanks! #qualcomm #greencard #eb2 #i140 (Current TC 145k)
- Qualcomm and UCSD/SDSU Incoming Qualcomm Engineer here. I was just wondering if Qualcomm pays for a Masters in an Engineering field for new grad hires. Does it help with tuition or cover the entire thing? Also, does being a Qualcomm employee aid in admissions with UCSD?
- Does Qualcomm withdraw I140? Hi all, I got a job offer from another company and plan to leave Qualcomm soon. However, my i140 application was approved only 4 months ago, and I will lose my EB2 priority date if Qualcomm withdraws my I-140. Does anyone know if Qualcomm withdraws the I-140 application for employees that left Qua
- Return to Office || India || Semiconductor companies As we are aware in India covid cases have declined significantly and many companies are calling their employees back to office. Let's put down in comments about different semicon companies return to office expected dates. #hardware #vlsi #Semiconductor #AMD #Qualcomm #samsung
- My manager told me he is disappointed in angry tone I am on my last H1b attempt, Qualcomm was providing me an option to relocate to India if my H1b does not get picked. Got an offer from MSFT for Redmond as L61 Swe. I broke this news to my current company manager and told him that I would be switching after two weeks as MSFT is willing to relocate m
- Monetary benefits at google What are monetary benefits at google other than base, bonus, stocks. Like 401k, health insurance, espp, healthclub reimb, discounts etc etc PTO, sick leaves ..! How do they compare to qualcomm, apple, facebook in general..! #Google #benefits
- vote Should you max out ESPP every time? Asking for a friend who works at Qualcomm, is it best to max out ESPP (15%)? Or is it better to reduce ESPP % and invest that money in other FAANG companies?
- AR21 India salary target minimum for India Qualcomm employees, what all the salary target minimum for different levels ? does India different location also play a role ? #Qualcomm Associate Engineer : Engineer : Senior Engineer : Lead Senior Engineer : Staff Engineer : Staff Engineer/mgr : Sr. Staff Engineer : Sr. Staff Engin
- Annual performance review at Qualcomm Can Qualcomm guys tell us about it? What are the salary increments, RSU grants and bonuses for the employees in QCT?
- What are the perks offered- and are actually cool in top tech companies What are the great perks offered by your company for better WLB/Work culture/Employee experience TC 145k 1.5 yrs #meta #amazon #netflix #nvidia #google #microsoft #uber #linkedin #apple #intel #airbnb #alibaba #qualcomm #vmware #airbnb #stripe #intuit #salesforce #adobe #slack #atlassian #splunk #s
- link California Accuses Cisco of Job Discrimination Based on Indian Employee's Caste https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/06/30/business/30reuters-cisco-lawsuit.html This seems rather alarming, and I wonder if it happens at other tech companies too (places like qualcomm, Intel, etc which have a lot of Indian employees)
- Qualcomm return to office Joining qc soon. Can someone inside please let me know what the WFH situation is like? When are the employees expected in office? #qualcomm #COVID-19 #wfh
- vote Nvidia IC5 or Nuvia sr staff offer/ job. Which one to choose. Latest offer. Nvidia- Base 240/75 sign on/600 rsu in4 yr Refresher -130-155k No Bonus Nuvia(QC) - 230/ 175 sign on/400 rsu/ 3 yrs Refresher 150-200K Annual Bonus -15 percent Really need help from QC or Nvidia or other fello
- If Samsung india pays lesser than Nvidia, Qcom, etc with 0 RSU, than why they interview their employes all the time. Is there any changes in Samsung India pay practices which I am not aware of. Samsung India is considered to not pay employees at par with other companies like Nvidia, Qualcomm, AMD, Intel, etc. where significant portion of employee's TC comes from RSUs. Yet they show zero hesitation in interviewing
- vote Salary market adjustment for inflation Have you seen any adjustments to your TC that appear to address/match inflation in the past year or two? If multiple adjustments, report the cumulative adjustment over up to the past two years. If your adjustment(s) were a mix of salary and benefits, select a "salary" option in the poll with the com
- h4&h4ead along with h1 transfer During h1 transfer, do companies agree to apply for h4/h4ead along with h1premium? Do the employee need to pay the new employer for h4ead even before joining? (I was referring hw companies such as Nvidia/intel/apple/Qualcomm) TC:285
- link Tim Apple the unethical CEO https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/04/19/apple-said-qualcomms-tech-was-no-good-private-communications-it-was-best/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9e5f2da89bb6 “Apple said Qualcomm’s tech was no good. But in private communications, it was ‘the best.’ Apple began seeding plans to undermine Qual
- link Qualcomm’s layoffs reach 1,800 as NXP deal hangs in limbo https://www.fiercewireless.com/5g/qualcomm-s-layoffs-reach-1-800-as-nxp-deal-hangs-limbo?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTkRVeE1qRmhZakZqWkdJNCIsInQiOiIwaHFDSDNzdExqVUE4dG5mbEtieVg1K01VNTQ4MHN4Nk45UEttK1VaWVZ5eFZvSjhIUHZVc2NES0ttQ0lmbGZuNWxDRUJBU3ptN0xWK1l2N1FTWDRoK3h1bzlHc3A1SHhuMjlVZHk0Zmk5WDdUaFBaZVVDM1pOalNsYkl
- Samsung SSIR best Appraisals Seems like this year in India Samsung has given pretty good hikes. My experience is 1.5 years, I got rating "exceeds most" and hike 25%. I was quite surprised with the amount of hike they gave as compared to other Semiconductor companies. Is that the case with all Samsung India employees/ or othe
- vote Is the great reshuffling just getting started? Qualcomm announced man in the middle surveillance of employee network traffic and is returning to office this month. Our CEO was dismissive when asked to address compensation concerns. I've seen many other employees start to get agitated about RTO plans at other companies and a number of people sayi
- List companies that revoke or threaten to revoke I140. ...if the employee leaves or notifies then of leaving. Too many posts recently around this, would be good to know. Please do the needful and revert back with the names of the companies that you do know for sure does it. Qualcomm does not do this.
- H1B last attempt left. Job change Guys need suggestions, I have one more attempt left for H1B, is it good time to switch companies. Wanted to know if Faang companies move employees outside and get them back on H1B or L1 ? especially for hw engineers.... anybody has any experience. #applehardware #nvidia #googlehardware #qualcomm
- Does Microsoft layoff after it acquires a company? What is the expectation for engineering employees of company acquired by Microsoft ? Will there be layoffs or will they let them operate for a while? Edit: I don't work for Qualcomm anymore. Asking for my wife's company. They are one of the bidders. Nothing is set on stone.
- Compare san diego apple and qualcomm health plan Folks, how is apple san diego health insurance plan. I understand apple may have multiple plan. I heard employee has to pay monthly in apple. Is that right information ? Folks who moved from qualcomm to apple, which company do you think offered better one ?#engineering #software TC: 200k
- Offer from Nvidia IC5 or Sr staff Qualcomm. Which one to choose? Hello guys, Qualcomm- Sr Staff - TC 530-535K Base - 230k+ Rsu-Total 350k vesting 3 yrs or 115k/yr + 150K sign on bonus + 15-20% annual bonus Refresher annual-100-150 K Final offer. Bay area VS Nvidia - IC5 - TC 450K Base-240 K + Rsu- total 600k with 4 yrs vesting or 150k/yr Sign on -60 k No
- Amazon new grad/hires activities Does Amazon offer any internal activities for new grads or employees in general? At Qualcomm the university recruiting team is very active and always have a lot of activities, like virtual wine tasting and magic shows,... Update: Forgot to mention, any activities away from giving away 🍌 and join
- Linkedin Premium Hello everyone, I'm a recent graduate and looking for a full-time job for a while. During my internship hunt, I used my Linkedin Premium trial and it helped me to land an internship at Qualcomm. I've been waiting for a while to receive Linkedin Premium trail. But it's not coming. If there is any t
- Horrible Experience with Qualcomm India Just wanted to share a horrible experience of my friend. Last year 2019 when the lockdown started QC didn't allow employees to move back to their hometowns not even bachelors. They asked a few employees to come to offices in mid of lockdown also for buisness needs. After unlocking also some employe
- vote Nvidia IC5 or Nuvia sr staff…. Latest offer. Which one to join? Latest offer. Nvidia- Base 240/75 sign on/600 rsu in4 yr Refresher -130-155k No Bonus Nuvia(QC) - 230/ 175 sign on/400 rsu/ 3 yrs Refresher 150-200K Annual Bonus -15 percent Really need help from QC or Nvidia or other fellow
- Apple started contracting via contracting firms? Hi. A contracting firm reached out to me today. Asking to get me in for $75/hour at Apple Cupertino for HW System Eng role. I have 12 YOE in HWE +PhD. Can you guys believe? Apple dropping the bar for pay and hunting talent for cheap pay? Qualcomm way? I know they pay very well for regular employees.
- Do you think its a no brainer to transfer all your intel stock to AMD ? I have intel stock from ESPP and RSU’s. I strongly feel that most likely AMD stock is going to perform much better than Intel stock in any scenario. Do you think it makes sense to just transfer all your intel stock money to AMD ? Obviously you can invest at other places as well, but lets just say if
- vote Negotiate for more vacation time In tech companies such as FAANGMULA and other top companies like Nvidia/Qualcomm/AMD, vacation time scales with the number of years spent with your current company. If you change jobs every few years, you will only be entitled to around 2 weeks of vacation time per year as a new employee at these c
- Not a great work environment at Qualcomm I am a contract employee at Qualcomm. Due to recent incidents in the industry with NXP and what not there is a lot of instability and insecurity going around in the team. Just recently a bunch of people got fired from the team, and now everyone is trying to save their own ass at the expense of other
- Physical Design Profile WLB - Indian Perspective Hello Blinders, Need info on sorting out the work life balance of an Indian Employee in ASIC PD Profile at various HW Companies be it Intel, Nvidia, AMD, Google HW, Synopsys, Cadence, ARM, Xilinx, Mediatek etc Please feel free to add more. I know it's team dependent but on an average if you can rat
- Gangs of technology It is called politics.. if you work in a company that you can talk face-to-face with your VP or CEO, this post is not for you. At least in Qualcomm, I noticed a gang mentality, with a series of rules, for example: 1- if you do something innovative, you have to share the credit with others, even if t
- link India's best Applied Research Opportunities list compilation. I'm sure most of you know of this brilliant post https://www.teamblind.com/post/India-Best-Software-Companies-List-Compilation-0Ba6FqWZ It lists India's best companies for SWE roles. Theres a lot less visibility for applied research roles in India. Lets create a list similar to that but for Applied
- CA WARN report What insights are you able to draw from this report? https://www.edd.ca.gov/Jobs_and_Training/warn/WARN_Report_for_7-1-2018_to_06-10-2019.pdf Some of the things I noticed... - Even some big names in Tech regularly let go significant # of employees - Apple/Western Digital/Tesla/Paypal/Marvel/Symant
- link Please help - Offer expectations! I have an offer from a company in San Diego. HR is asking expectations. I do not see any engineers from this company on Blind so any help will be appreciated. Also, as such there are hardly any posts specific to RF engineers so I guess I can assume it close to a HW role. What TC should I ask for a
- Thank You Amazon !!! Thank You Amazon !!! I left Amazon 6 months back. I know there is a lot of hate for amazon here but after staying Amazon for 10 years, I overall felt I have achieved good in Amazon than if moved to some other options I had during that time (Yahoo/Qualcomm). Amazon 10 years back was considered pres
- No acknowledgement from fresher for my efforts in her ramp-up There is a college fresher joined last year in our team whom I helped in her ramp-up, in true words I spoonfeeded her in initial days as she was not able to understand lot of things. I put lot of efforts in training her, making her comfortable to work in the team, lot of informal and formal sessions