https://finance.yahoo.com/news/broadcom-seeks-convince-eu-antitrust-050418499.html? I’d love to be a fly on the wall at that meeting!

Growing sense that deal is blocked... Will layoffs happen?

https://www.broadcom.com/blog/accelerating-vmwares-growth

Does anyone have any insider knowledge on when or if there will be a layoff in marketing or sales?

Unbelievable how all the BS In radio. People pretend that they are passionate. All bunch of clowns. Raghu was there today. Just shut it down already. Sick of all the moral drainage all over VMWare, managers are toxic.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/hindenburg-unveils-short-position-icahn-enterprises-says-company-inflated-75 Icahn owns "in the hundreds of millions of dollars" of Vmware stock, and is considered the 2nd highest holder of stock, behind M Dell. If... — read more 

So says Motley Fool: https://www.fool.com/investing/2023/05/01/2-red-flags-for-broadcom-stock-future/

Not voted best for profitability, product dominance, or technological innovation. But look at how many brown people we hired!

How to tell manager to let me coast until layoffs happen and then layoff me. I have something already lined up and waiting for vmw severance. Any tips from experts ?

Is VMware a good company to be a sales engineer at? If not, any recommendations of where to go?

https://news.vmware.com/esg/intrinsically-evergreen-vmware-earth-day-2023 That's right. VMware, while in the midst of the highest uncertainty as to its future, VMware is focused on...ESG storytelling. This. This garbage is why we were targeted for... — read more 

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/04/26/tech/microsoft-activision-whats-next/index.html

I have been at VMware for a year and am ready to move on. Long story short, it's been a cluster since joining. Would being at a company for only a year make me look like a job hopper?

Thank you, you royal bags of sh--e, for destroying billions in a deal that people actually want. The UK continues its march towards global irrelevance. Open for business? Not us! We like accepting less. And thankfully we have a government that... — read more 

The Broadcom VMware merger has many of the same characteristics. While the overlaps may be less significant compared to the MS-Activision deal the objections by the UK CMA are strikingly similar and the new aggressive remedy schedule is... — read more 

https://www.telecomtv.com/content/digital-platforms-services/regulatory-opposition-to-the-broadcom-vmware-merger-grows-in-the-uk-europe-the-us-and-even-in-china-47318/amp/

https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/24/cma_broadcom_vmware_stage_2/

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3958788-vmwarebroadcom-deal-spread-widens-amid-notice-of-ftc-closed-door-meetings

SLT announced on an AMA meeting this week that 77 HR employees globally were impacted. Around 50% was part of Talent Acquisition.

What does outside date of 26th May mean? Complete squishing is sometime in Oct at end of Broadcom financial year. Weird end of FY BTW.

Some of you are so afraid of being laid off when we join Broadcom that you are gifting dozens of hours each week to the company in hopes of standing out. It won't matter. Nobody will care that you worked 80 hours last week when it comes to layoffs... — read more 

Heard a rumor that CIBG would be undergoing a major reorg. Anyone heard about it?

Don’t know how someone got 4,000 employees, but for the Carbon Black side of the house, it was around 40 sales managers that were given 2 months notice or offered a package. It’s all based on territory realignment now that CB is it’s own BU and... — read more 

Will there be more layoffs today or was yesterday an isolated incident?

Does anyone feel this is very rushed when the local management can't even explain the changes or how the new organisation will be structured? Questions like; how they will align staff grades when many CS came in Staff, and in TAM staff is hard to... — read more 

Interested in everyone thoughts

A lot of the general managers of business units at VMware proudly list their education background. Except CIBG. Weird, innit?

Frontline Managers, Reps, etc. 4000 CB impacted

Funny you ask because I had none. 🤣 Anyone else have zero bonus conversations?

Has anyone had any trouble applying for other jobs? I keep getting rejected.

Yesterday "EU says Broadcom's proposed VMware deal could restrict competition" Today, stock is up above $125. Clearly the market believes this merger is happening.

Seems like layoffs are being planned....

Isn’t it presumptuous of Broadcom to assume that regulators will bend to its will and finish all their investigations on Broadcom’s timetable?

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2023/04/12/vmware-ceo-says-sale-on-track-to-broadcom-by-fall.html Seriously Raghu, did Hock make you say that? Did they actually think anyone believes or gives flying sh-t what you think? When this whole... — read more 

imagine company use product have this details: handles very large files easy allows file annotations fast network access backup 1000s of concurrent users tracks changes to files in use for more 20 years poseur want switch company to use... — read more 

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/eu-says-broadcoms-takeover-vmware-could-hurt-competition-2023-04-12/

So I'm thinking about resigning after the bonus is paid out. Is there a required notice period to give or would I be able to resign efficient immediately? In California for context.

Anyone less than 100%?