Having been hit with the layoff, I reflected on my experience when joining the company, the years in between, and the road to the end. It was a much smaller company 10 years ago with the feeling of a family - everyone watched out for others. But that started to fade as the company grew and the periodic layoffs started, which is now up to one or more per year. One could say "that's just growing pains", or as the head of HR loved to say "We hired even more that we laid off." That is poor comfort to those on the chopping block. Internally they always pushed for education, but in the end that didn't matter. To be told in the same day that you were at almost double achievement on the plan, and you're out of a job show a lack of vision. VMware will be missed as it fades into the dustbin of history (pardon the cliche) having missed emerging technology trends and loosing the camaraderie of a family.
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It's just a matter of time when they hit with class action ( #AgeDiscrimination ) - easy to litigate, settles really well - if you are over 40, find a good attorney, you have a solid shot here
I got hit in the January 2015 layoff. 5 of the 6 victims in my department were over age 40. In April, my old group started hiring again and filled comparable slots with less experienced sorts (all under age 30). Nice campus, soulless place.
I was part of that January layoff as well and it was basically the same at my campus as well
I got hit in the January 2015 layoff. 5 of the 6 victims in my department were over age 40. In April, my old group started hiring again and filled comparable slots with less experienced sorts (all under age 30). Nice campus, soulless place.
same here at HPE. We will hit bottom first, IBM then VMW...
I was with EMC up until Dec 2 and I felt the exact same way. I've felt since October when the Dell-EMC deal was announced that it was going to ruin EMC. It has become plain that it is going to ruin a few other companies too.