Thread regarding Omnissa layoffs

@g6 You believe Singh is not impressed with our marketing, but what is the cause years after the launch as an independent company? Renu and Jeff continue to struggle. Nothing can change until they move on. Spending more on their unimaginative program is foolish.

This place is a disaster... what has happened in a nutshell is that most people with talent have already left. Those that are remaining are the burnt out folks that have no motivation left to do work or any faith in the leadership and future of the company. The folks who are resting and vesting. Many of our management layer (specially the ones who out of the blue became managers in the past 2 years) are people with zero real management skills who only got their titles because they saw an opportunity in the current chaos and applied for the position when no better candidate was available. This sums up our current situation where you have the majority of the workforce that is more of a liability rather then productive that is being managed by "leader wana be's" who are clueless. The customers are leaving or have moved on... our revenue is shrinking. The downfall is already happening, you are watching the ship go down. If you have been sitting around and doing nothing to find the next gig, you are going to be in trouble. If you have been resting and vesting while training for the next gig at the same time or working on your side business, you are going to be fine, specially if you manage to get a package and leave already. Those that are still remaining, things are going to get real difficult going forward... there will be a time when there will be nothing left when the company goes down!

@ec Most of the Marketing Leadership Team doesn't really understand marketing. It's pretty alarming. During a recent team meeting, different people were trying to impress the CEO and he wasn't biting. He's not impressed with most of the current marketing program.

@ek

From an outside perspective, e.g. our customers, VMware EUC did not have a good reputation. We all know that our BU was in decline long before KKR acquired us

That started when Noah left and our former CEO became the lone leader of the BU.

Late 2018 / early 2019 if I remember correctly.

From an outside perspective, e.g. our customers, VMware EUC did not have a good reputation. We all know that our BU was in decline long before KKR acquired us. Brand is more than awareness, and I agree we have very little, it's about market credibility.

@dg

Singh's claim that we have 'no brand' isn't accurate

I disagree. Yes, VMware had a good brand, but Omnissa doesnt. There are still (!) customers who believe we are part of broadcom.
We dont have good brand messaging, no local events to speak of, no working field marketing engine, no meaningful community engagement.

You are right. It's on the CEO to address it and I am sure he will.

@ar "The few who are humble and pivot will be fine"

Meaning, none of our old leadership team will likely survive, nor should they. Singh's claim that we have 'no brand' isn't accurate. VMware EUC was known for its legacy software that was conceived decades ago. Omnissa inherited that brand reputation. A re-branding exercise would be pointless without substantive enhancements to our obsolete software platforms. Who owns that much-needed change? The CEO.

@aa in due time. Ceo callee it out "no brand". Ouch.
Product teams cant pivot off they arrogant stance quickly enough. The few who are humble and pivot will be fine

The company needs to take accountability and remove at once, kb, kh, their new veep, jcook, and most of the elt that are no longer eating basmati rice n curry in the former ceo living room