Broadcom revenue is $23.9B annually. Broadcom has 15,000 employees, and the revenue per employee ratio is $1,592,533.
Twitter revenue is $3.7B annually. Twitter has 3,900 employees, and the revenue per employee ratio is $762,910.
VMware revenue is $10.8B annually. VMware has 41,000 employees, and the revenue per employee ratio is $418,741.
So why is the revenue per employee important? Because it is exactly the kind of stupid, shallow, easily-digestible factoid that executives make firing decisions over.
The simple fact is, that this simple fact will tell you the extent of layoffs. Executives are not creatures of nuance! Some exec, the great Hock Tan or some other suit will be handed the very simple calculation above. And their response will be "improve it by 50%".
And as much as I would love to herd these suits into their country club, set fire to it, and declare a worldwide celebration, they are right on this, I must admit. VMware's revenue per employee is dismal. They could cut us by half just to get us at the level of Twitter. And that is dismal.
If you think they won't cut 30% to 50% over the next two years, please tell me how given Broadcom's revenue expectations you can possibly avoid it.