Qualcomm to lay off 1,231 people | Some Chinese have even been voluntarily fired

According to the US "World News" report, Qualcomm, the US communications industry leader, announced on the 17th that it had laid off 1,213 people, mainly for senior executives. Most of the Chinese employees have not been affected and are relieved.

Due to the severance pay of up to 10 months salary, the engineer of the Chinese surnamed Wang was voluntarily dismissed and did not expect to be dismissed by the superior.

In addition to its headquarters in San Diego, Qualcomm also abolished 269 employees in the Bay Area. It is estimated that it will save 1 billion yuan in costs and will take effect on June 19th.

After the Broadcom merger was vetoed by President Trump, San Diego Qualcomm began planning for layoffs to seek volunteers. The Chinese engineer surnamed Wang believes that the detachment program is excellent and that at least half of the expenses will not be used for water and electricity mortgages. In the meantime, they could concentrate on preparing for interviews with other companies. Therefore, they submitted their applications. They did not expect that their departments were understaffed. They did not expect to be dismissed by their superiors.

The Chinese, Mr. Xie, had already heard the news in 2017. His superiors had privately hinted that the company will abolish senior executives, including departments, citizens or green card status, and male-dominated, etc. Each of them is in line with it. Therefore, he abandons the autumn promotion and salary increase. The opportunity to resolutely change the department and temporarily protect the rice bowl. He said that the company has moved its front office's workload to China in recent years, and its headquarters staff has become increasingly free. Under no circumstances, people have already walked halfway. Once again, personnel will be streamlined.

Another Chinese woman, Ms. Chen, thinks she is lucky. Her husband just happened to find a new job in other states. So she caught up with this wave of dismissal trains and voluntarily got fired. She took the company’s $100,000 dismissal, which will take effect in May. The stock can still be taken over, and the rest of the holiday can also be taken off. There is no need to go to work next month. She said: 'Because you were fired, you can still apply to the Social Security Administration for unemployment benefits. The. '

The Chinese Yin and his wife both went to work at Qualcomm. After the husband was fired, the wife also decided to sing and follow her husband and he would not hesitate to leave the company to find a way out. She said: 'I can't stand Qualcomm's corporate culture. I can't find a job anymore. Yes, there is nothing to be discouraged. In addition, Intel also held an interview forum in San Diego. I believe that I can soon be a colleague again.'

The Qualcomm mothers of the WeChat discussion group reported the situation of their families after the news came out. Most Chinese immigrant families were safe and sound. In addition, H1-B work visas and OPT internship identities, or employees applying for green cards, were rarely included in the dismissal. List. Qualcomm had been accused and lost in 2016 because of discrimination against women in the workplace. The compensation was $19.5 million. Therefore, most female employees did not lose their jobs.

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