Qualcomm shaved 79 jobs from its San Diego headquarters last month as the mobile chip firm seeks to control expenses amid a slowdown in smartphone sales.
The San Diego company filed Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) paperwork with the state of California and local employment officials giving advanced notice of the job cuts. The layoffs take effect in April.
The move comes on top of the 153 employees that Qualcomm let go in December. Even so, the company continues to be San Diego's largest technology firm with more than 12,000 local employees.