A Hyderabad techie, who goes by ReasonableRegret8989 on Reddit, was laid off by Qualcomm just a week before their wedding.
They'd been bracing for the news and finally got confirmation from their manager over a call (definitely not the pre-wedding surprise anyone hopes for).
Qualcomm cuts about 7% of workforce
Qualcomm is letting go of about 7% of its global workforce, which means nearly 1,000 jobs are likely to be impacted in India.
The company says it's a "performance-focused reduction" as it deals with falling phone sales and a shift toward data centers and AI.
This move is part of a bigger trend: over 142,000 tech jobs have been cut this year across hundreds of companies as the industry adapts to new realities.