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Qualcomm Engineer Who Asked To Be Laid Off Says He Will Get Nearly 15 Months' Pay

Headline via NDTV · first report 15 Nov, 14:54 IST, latest 15 Nov, 19:23 IST

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2 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from Mint at 15 Nov, 14:54 IST; the latest is from NDTV at 15 Nov, 19:23 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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First report15 Nov, 14:54 IST
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While losing a job is rarely cause for celebration, the engineer described the layoff as a “blessing in disguise” due to the alleged toxic work culture in their new team.
Qualcomm is restructuring and could cut about 7% of its global staff of around 52,000, which works out to nearly 3,600 jobs.

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