“Masayako, I thought of your earlier comments when the news came out yesterday. So do you know what type of jobs got impacted the most? And will Qualcomm and Motorola asborb a lot of these jobs?”
>>> SW developers got impacted the most. Mgmt will retain a total of 500 jobs in SD, the impacted ones are mostly sw engineers, mid mgrs, project mgmt, testing engineers. I know some marketing folks will be gone too.
Qualcomm and Motorola are certainly lurking for talents. But I doubt if they can absorb everyone.
Qualcomm: The CDMA market is shrinking (to roughly 20%). Telecom market is extremely competitive. Unless there’s a need to fill a vacancy, otherwise I don’t think they are adding a lot of headcounts.
Motorola: Some mgmt folks told me that the Motorola site in San Diego is fighting for a big project with another Motorola site. That’s why they are hiring many ppl to get themselves into position to take on the proj. I think in the long term, working for Motorola is not as stable as everyone assume it is, just like Kyocera. That’s just my opinion.
