Sending out offers to only some in eligible countries, thereby creating a haves and have-nots.
Publicly proclaiming that the deal will close on Oct 30, all the while knowing that this is impossible.
The goal is to create as just about enough uncertainty so that the people leave and Broadcom saves money on severance.
Cost of someone resigning is much less than any offer from Broadcom, fte, transitional or severance.
Broadcom looking at its bottom-line.
Nah, this is just bumbling ineptitude. Chairman Hock said it would be so, so everyone believed it would be so, as going against the Chairman is unwise. But Chairman Xi is more powerful. Hock ran into an immutable force, and all the best plans pegged to the steadfast believe that the deal would close have simply resulted in chaos. This is ineptitude compounded by cult like behavior. And a bad bad sign for working at Broadcom.
Except for Hock, don’t expect the people at the top to have the game plan in their heads at the start. Most of the others involved create the plan as they go and, along the way, BS what they don’t understand - that’s why you see such a mess. Hock is a strategist by nature.
VMWare as company has only to gain with this deal. For the employees, at any level, expect to see if you have been providing value or not. No one hides for long.
“ Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by incompetence”
Comment of the fu--ing year!!??
Anybody have a tinfoil hat I can borrow?....
WTF is this conspiratorial nonsense? This one of the largest tech industry M&A deals in history... that means it's complex and high risk. Plans change. External parties can pause / halt things. This is the nature of M&A.
Go take a nice walk outside to clear your head.
Why would people resign right now…?
Because people have dignity.
Your fired! Now get back to work.
Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by incompetence.
Or not. You think this is Hock’s or Dell’s or SilverLake’s first rodeo? Unlike VMware’s leaders, they didn’t get rich by being incompetent.
This is one of the stupidest conspiracy theories I've seen here yet. Why would people resign right now when they have a chance of getting a severance package or a transition offer with a severance package at the end?
It is entirely possible this is just poorly planned and executed. Try that on for size
People like to come up with stories to make the chaos logical.
There is no logic, just chaos.