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 

What will happen to ESG ?

Brutal optimization, cash cow Optimization, spin off Optimization, AI security focus Your option below

ESG is below the line of doom again, and has been below of line of doom for 8 straight quarters. So, when will ESG take care of the redundant managers and the remote employees?

Hock did not help much during the call. What do you expect to happen tomorrow?

I doubt it will be October this year. I got some hints from my manager late April. If they started to look in April, I would suspect it will be the second half of Summer.

Again, my vote is Yes!

Details are sketchy at best. But it seems like multiple teams in Palo Alto have been ask to put together a "prove their worth" presentation. My direct manager is as lost as I am, but it seems to have come down from above and involves the use of AI... — read more 

A lot of office workers in India and the U.S. have been laid off recently. But somehow there are still plenty of remote workers sitting in Dublin, Ireland. Why is ESG management holding onto them? What kind of justification is being made for keeping... — read more 

When will ESG take care of the redundant managers? There are still many redundant managers in ESG. Below is the HR guide to weed out them: Managers reporting into other managers at the same level. Managers with less than half their direct... — read more 

What happened to A-list paying customers ?

I smell a blood in our office but nothing here... Anything spicy to share? Aggregator model is an epic failure...a bo-b must be dropped... The only questions that I have... when and how big is the bo-b this time?

What do you think? My vote is Yes, again.

Quite entertaining though.

What a great life here!

There are still many redundant managers in ESG. ESG could borrow Amazon’s layoff criteria to weed out them: Managers reporting into other managers at the same level. Managers with less than half their direct reports in the same location. Managers... — read more