More reorgs and restructring ahead

We are hearing some got promotions and some are told you will be part of the next laylof list as a good will by some managers

Broadcom executive claims he was fired to prevent $5 million stock vesting https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/xuk58bnta

Is HT next? Nvidia investigates CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with alleged Chinese spy https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/08/nvidia-jensen-huang-investigation-china-spy.html

Change of general manager. More extreme job cuts. Massive loss of customers What is Hocks plan for ESG? Slimming it down to sell or just running it into the ground so it dies of un-natural causes?

How many were laid off last week?

How much % layoff in endpoint security, CASB, DLP, email security ? Those bad layoff decisions made by certain incompetent and selfish leaders have drag the org into negative loop. Hardworking and valuable engineers are let go, but slackers who... — read more 

Hocky no likey Spain, so fired everyone.

Somebody who just joined a few months ago?

Please post your region, group, and (if comfortable) age once it starts. Let's try and keep it clean, just for the layoff info so we know what's going on. TY

Well, if you've made it this far, almost three years in, congrats. Hopefully you make it through tomorrow!

Got hocked (laid off) again, the third time for me. I actually felt a sense of relief as the company is getting progressively more toxic due to Hocs management style. No intention of coming back. Honestly if Hoc keeps doing this they’ll have problems... — read more 

Can anyone provide information on the percentage of layoffs occurring in the ESG sector towards the end of this month?

To everyone denigrating those of us who are resting and vesting, please send out a list of all the high tech companies that are hiring.

It is October...

Symantec is toast and you know it. Enjoy the RSUs as long as you can.

Seeing sudden manager calibrations and stack-ranking across ESG. Word is that notifications are hitting the first Wednesday of October to kick off Q4. Anyone else seeing this behavior or heard anything concrete from leadership?

Hopefully the board will be dissatisfied or an activist investor will kick HT to the street where he belongs. Lay him off!

Please raise your right hand. I pledge to the greatest CEO in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can’t even breathe. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I’ll do it any way — I don’t care if I’m registered or... — read more 

I’ve been hearing that a few heads have been turned, which makes me wonder if there are layoffs or broader cuts happening. Does anyone have more insight into what’s going on? Is the company still seriously committed to the email business, or are we... — read more 

It has already started. People are dropping like flies in India, just vanishing from the office and address book. In Palo Alto, directors have been presented with a list of names in a closed-door meeting last week, but lower-level managers know... — read more 

I can't say I'm being laid off, but I'm definitely being pushed out. The workload is impossible and the support is nonexistent so the stress is suffocating. They're not showing me the door but they're making me want to walk through it myself. And I... — read more 

JonO hasn't done much good for STAR since the Symantec days, and his grasp of cybersecurity appears somewhat limited. There are competent managers below him who could run security response more smoothly on their own.

I'm curious how the Broadcom meeting invite for a lay off is setup. Who’s invited, who can you see in the invite.

I know AI is all the rage, but when I see we're looking for more than $60 billion in debt financing, I can't help but wonder how much risk is piling up. That's a huge amount of money, and if the AI bo-m slows down, I don't want the employees paying... — read more 

Just got my Zoom meeting. Final separation date is Oct 23. Severance is salary/benefits/vesting through separation date plus 2 weeks of On Target Earnings (min 8 weeks) for commission employees.

Are there any actual discussions at the manager or director level regarding the specific people on the layoff list? I’m curious if they actually compare everyone's skills, experience, and output before the list is finalized, or if it’s all just... — read more 

I really wonder what kind of justifications they’re giving for these long-term remote staff. Are they actually that exceptional? Honestly, you can grow a great engineer from scratch in seven years. Laying off in-office workers while keeping remote... — read more 

While forcing employees to return to the office and laying off office workers, the director of security response and his direct report have been working from home in their sweatpants from Texas for years.

What was your severance and notice in the latest layoffs in California? I'm wondering if they keep on the payroll through the WARN period, with healthcare, then give you a lump sum severance after the WARN period expires? Did you get an email, a... — read more 

What are his contributions over the years?

Did Broadcom acquire VMware, raise prices for many businesses both large and small, decide it no longer wanted smaller clients and instead focus on large, profitable customers, and lay off employees who may then have been hired by companies like... — read more 

Several colleagues hit with 'company wide' rifs yesterday and today. Tomorrow last day. Rifs are a fact at broadcom, even when it's not needed.

I see the agony on this site. Many of you are uncertain about your future. I just want to share with you. In a team call, CEO said a couple of years ago. “I love it. It’s like playing a video game, haha haha” It was in the context of managing the... — read more 

My manager just notified me the pay raise this year. An awesome 15% hike.

Sri Hosakote has a reputation as a ruthless decision-maker, and anyone who worked with him at Nile knows exactly what that means. For the ESG folks, the easy days may be over. The rough stretch has begun. Better start polishing those resumes.

Management (upper leadership) is clueless and simply waiting on quarterly vests, like everyone else in ESG and all of Broadcom really. This phenomenon is not particularly at Broadcom or ESG, but across corporate America in general. Middle management... — read more