Qualcomm begins India layoffs with 1,000 jobs at risk

Qualcomm has begun laying off staff in India, starting at its Bengaluru facility on Monday, as part of a global restructuring that could put around 1,000 or more of its roughly 20,000 Indian jobs at risk.

Why it matters: India is Qualcomm's largest engineering base outside the United States, so cuts there show the handset downturn, with fourth quarter handset revenue down 26 percent, reaching the research operations the company usually protects.

Data as of Reports published Wednesday November 11, 2026 by the Financial Express and Moneycontrol, read in full in this run. The roughly 1,000 figure for India is an analyst estimate based on a reported 7 percent global cut; Qualcomm has not publicly confirmed the number of Indian jobs affected. Developing item.

Qualcomm has begun laying off employees in India as part of a global workforce restructuring, with the first round starting at its Bengaluru facility on Monday and further cuts expected in phases at its Hyderabad, Delhi-NCR and Chennai operations. The Financial Express, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that the global exercise could affect around 7 percent of Qualcomm’s roughly 52,000 employees, and Pareekh Jain of EIIRTrend estimated that a similar ratio in India, where Qualcomm employs about 20,000 people, would put around 1,000 or slightly more jobs at risk.

Chief executive Cristiano Amon told employees in an October memo that the cuts would follow the company’s annual reviews in November as part of a push for a stronger performance culture, and affected staff have reportedly been offered severance linked to tenure. The restructuring follows a 26 percent year on year fall in fourth quarter handset revenue to $5.14 billion, even as automotive revenue rose 89 percent and the company targets $5 billion of data centre revenue in fiscal 2027.

Qualcomm begins India layoffs with 1,000 jobs at risk

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