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Massive layoffs rumored for Qualcomm
Don, Respectfully, while this may be the perception of the industry, it is not true of Qualcomm. I worked in the engineering department from 1992-2010 and was intimately involved with hiring and compensation. The immigration status of an employee was NEVER a factor in determing compensation. Rather, compensation (salary, bonus, stock) was tied entirely to performance. While employee salaries typically fluctuate from country to country (i.e. the salary of an employee in San Diego reflects local market conditions, while an employee in the UK, India, or elsewhere is based on compensation in that part of the world), an engineer in San Diego on an H1 is compensated using the same scale (depending on performance) as one born in the U.S. Likewise, when hiring engineers our focus was ALWAYS on finding the most capable candidates, and candidates were expected to pass through a fairly rigorous round of very technical interviews to earn an offer, regardless of immigration status. Regards.— July 20, 2015 6:41 p.m.