OK, most of them do order taking and there is very little sales going on. Let's keep them. Engineers make our products and things that we sell, so let's see what happens once we stop developing products. I just cannot understand this flawed logic... — read more 

Maybe not that bad for ShareFile... but looks like that entrepreneurship accelerator is dead in the water: http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/techflash/2015/11/citrix-layoffs-restructuring-plans-for-sharefile.html

Nov 17 (Reuters) - Cloud computing software maker Citrix Systems Inc, under pressure from activist hedge fund Elliott Management, said it would spin off its GoTo business into a listed company and cut about 1,000 jobs. The company's shares were down... — read more 

WTF? How's this possible?

Or are GOTO folks on top of 1000 that was announced?

Where is this information coming from? Is it pubic?

Use this post to share the facts. If a manager said your team would be affected or you got a notification (sorry :( ), post here the product and the role: engineering, sales, marketing. No names required. Let's make it public.

“We are simplifying our business in all areas – product, marketing, sales, operations and development,” said Bob Calderoni, interim CEO and president, and executive chairman. “Focusing on our core strengths and simplifying how we work with customers... — read more 

A realignment of resources that is expected to eliminate about 1,000 full-time and contract roles, excluding the effect of spinning off the GoTo business. The restructuring will focus on simplification of the company’s enterprise go-to-market motion... — read more 

In the February layoff they let go 700 full time and 200 contractors and said it would save the company $90-$100 million pretax. Severance expenses of $40-$50 million. In this layoff of 1000 full time and contractors they are expecting it to save... — read more 

A determination that a spinoff of the GoTo family of products into a separate public company is in the best interest of all stakeholders, allowing both companies to enhance its strategic focus and respective competitive positions, while permitting... — read more 

This is a bit off-topic but here it goes anyway- what do I tell my kids if I get laid off? Both my boys (elem. school) kind of idolize me and are super proud of their engineer dad - I just do not know how I would handle this. I know that some folks... — read more 

Anybody up for picketing? Is it legal?

If you weren't aware that loyalty is a one way street in corporate america then you might consider opening your eyes. Business is business, people get fired all of the time, companies close, positions are eliminated, restructuring happens. Does... — read more 

Folks if you haven't done this already; read the privacy rules and data collection policies of this site. Being an IT nerd, you know what that means.... anytime you write anything, the web server knows where it's coming from. If you are accessing it... — read more 

http://www.workforce.com/articles/angry-employees-bite-back-in-court

It is a fact that Citrix publicly stated 1) about spinning off Goto family instead of selling like Elliott publicly recommended them to do. 2) That in July Citrix publicly talked about selling ByteMoble. 3) Elliott Management called for shutting down... — read more 

This board was dead 2 weeks ago. Look at all this traffic now. Hmmm...

What a curse : A wall street wolf goes to valley and sucks up virtualization giants: one is left as step child and other is orphan now! Do you smell fox?

I am basing this on my fairly refined gut feeling (and some posts below)

People are spreading lies on this site

There is too much buzz created about the layoffs. The rumors did attract attention of the people who make decisions. no doubt here. Unless they're completely blind and deaf. Now their silence and inaction are a bad sign. If you want your people to be... — read more 

Any sugestions?

Anyone in a position to KNOW if more layoffs are going to occur would not be posting to this site. Stop worrying about the things you cannot control and focus on what you CAN control. Stop poisoning yourself by listening to the toxic rumors of people... — read more 

This is not a coincidence. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151109006684/en/Citrix-Systems-Announce-Operational-Strategic-Review-Results Copy of text in case something happens to link Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS), today announced that it... — read more 

Who will be included in the 20%, maybe 30% that I've heard will be laid off. Tenure shouldn't equate to "keeping your job." There are hard working people at Citrix, that doesn't include many top level managers. Many managers wear a badge that reads... — read more 

Short link here - http://read.bi/1MNUdZJ - This is a consolidating move, a blitzkrieg of sorts into cloud computing territory. This will certainly benefits VMware, and thus will affect Citrix in one way or another.

Bad time to commit to XenMobile?

Anyone has any feedback or rumor regarding ShareFile i know that this product still continues to be very profitable and is also part of CWC. But i know that Citrix may not even care about that because how decisions are made. Any info will be... — read more 

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/11/04/citrix-seeking-to-sublease-brand-new-170-000-sq-ft.html Just want to know whats may occur to Citrix Raleigh at the end. Is the complete building going to go, Is ShareFile been sold ? I see a lot of... — read more 

What is the likelihood of Citrix Systems layoffs in Fort Lauderdale in 2016? Please let me know if you have any information.

we have been hearing lots of rumors around the our office halls since last week - G2M spinning out, XenMobile might be shutdown or going, netscaler being sold. Also lots of talk about layoffs in the order of 5 to 20 % cuts. each day brings a... — read more 

http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/12/technology/dell-emc/

Nice to see that Citrix is looking out for everybody ... not. Yeah, give better golden parachutes to these guys , wtg. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-citrix-top-executive-incentives-20151002-story.html

Mark was a good person, but he's no Steve Jobs. Now the investors will sell off few things Citrix bought that worked (Goto and netscaler) and the divisions that don't get sold need to pray that XA/XD will have some sort of turnaround as a cloud... — read more