expenses for things like phone and internet are being rejected bc the receipt wasnt to their standards. weird bc ive been handing in the same receipt since i started working at VMware. anyone else??? so frustrating

Hello, I am a new hire (December) that was hired onto the SIRT team. I was wondering if anyone has heard about Information Security layoffs?

VMware has been generous with their benefits, but who is buying next weeks, week off it out of the goodness of their hearts??

https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdu5PhC Stuff like this is our future.

Tanzu sucks. That is all. Signed, Pumped and Jazzed

Let's name some examples of poor leadership we have here. There are so many things that have been frustrating me for a long time, I don't know which one I would single out as the biggest example of bad leadership.

Is this a sign Vmware is in trouble? https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/13/three_senior_vmware_executives_leave/ Also, EU may block the deal. A good news?

Is it true that the next big layoff will be in January?

If your place of work had two major internal service outages in a week, what would you think?

I've been looking for other options for a long time, but I'm getting a little depressed because the offers I get usually mean a significant pay cut. It seems that this is the harsh reality for the majority of us who are looking for new jobs?... — read more 

So…. WWKO is virtual and Leadership Summit is in person in Vegas for 2 days…. Who thought that was a good idea? Great message to the company.

Wait! Where are these guys going? Who was named to replace them? I thought these three guys had retention incentives to stay until the Broadcom close. What happened?

I am curious if people think it was better with VMWare under Dell? I assume the best time was EMC pre-merger as they just left VMware to do its thing.

The all hands today was awesome, one of the most energized fist pumped meetings I’ve ever attended. Truly amazing. ….However in this season of good will, we need to look after those less fortunate than ourselves, therefore we need to save the... — read more 

I'm so pumped for all the spin and BS I'm about to hear!

If you're still at VMware, can you please explain why? Why do you choose to stay when there are constant layoffs and when you know there'll be a major culling once the acquisition is finalized? I left in October and my life has improved so much in... — read more 

My best guess is there was some kind of incentive or stipulation in their contracts that held them here until today. I couldn't see any of them leaving, without their shares being fully vested first.

3 SVPs gone today. Company meeting tomorrow. What’s next? Any other news?

Today is going to be an exciting day.

I know it's not likely but it's also not impossible. We still need to see how the whole EU thing is going to play out. Imagine going through months and months of stressing and worrying and some people leaving for jobs that pay less just to find out... — read more 

Informal survey of worst / useless orgs or groups at VMW in no particular order. DEI DMT TANZU VELO EUC All these teams seem to hold a common thread, everyone hates them. So far, while by no means scientific, a casual reading of the posts indicate... — read more 

https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/16/dell_inc/ When you just agree to pay a billion dollars you know they were cooking the books for even more than that. What a bunch of financial engineering crooks who continue to sc--w around with... — read more 

Broadcom recently posted a video titled "Working at Broadcom", featuring what employees like the most. If you haven't seen it, watch it then come back to read the rest. I'll wait... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3915419-broadcom-to-face-in-depth-european-probe-into-broadcom-vmware-deal-report

It is hard to even guess how many irrelevant roles there are that do not add any value to the company. Any idea how many such roles are here? Compared to other companies I've worked at, I think VMW has too many of them.

Technology industry, are you ready? If you thought vSphere was a game changing product, just wait until you see the next great innovation from VMware after Broadcom acquires it! What is it you ask? Your dying of excitement and can't contain... — read more 

Let's say I have 100k of unvested RSU today at the current market price for VMW. What will happen when the deal closes? I'm assuming they convert to Broadcom stock, but at the $142 per share price, not the current market price, but I wanted to... — read more 

Hock likes to argue that Broadcom an engineering-first company. He also says the shareholders are all that matter, and he has a fiduciary responsibility to the shareholders. If that's true, then why doesn't Hock lay himself off? Think about... — read more 

Every time I join one of these calls, I think im about to get laid off. Instead, I am greeted with corny 80s rock, corporate skits, and hardcore kool-aid.

I got to know that AWS was intrested in EUC and could be a potential buyer

CFO Zane Rowe sold 17,860 VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) stock on Friday, December 2. The stock was sold for a total of $2,143,557.20, despite having a market value of just $120.02. As a result of the sale, the CFO now directly controls 160,981 shares... — read more 

Saw on LinkedIn he left or said it was his last day

The antitrust authority is looking at conglomerate effects as there don't appear to any horizontal overlaps besides Endpoint Security and there are no vertical concerns, according to a Dealreporter item on Tuesday, citing sources familiar. The... — read more 

MAPBU / Tanzu recruiter here. Received notice yesterday that VMware is reducing it's workforce even further, officially getting rid of the last group of 10-20 TA contractors. More layoffs to be expected, obviously the next group will be the Full... — read more 

Anyone else also noticing it ? Project deadlines are being pulled inwards to end the project by Dec 2022 end or Jan 2023 end. It clearly looks like a sign of big layoffs coming shortly. Basically idea is to squeeze as much possible of an engineer... — read more 

I've been at vmware for over 7 years. i am a female. While I would like to convince myself that a lot of gender equality efforts have been happening. This company still being governed as it is the 1900 in the states. I am in Seattle. We have small... — read more 

Raghu said we are at 60% of office capacity and we need to increase that because we didn't spend money for all of these offices to be empty. (sounds like forcing to come in to the office soon to justify expenses) EUC and other products were brought... — read more 

Saw a couple of posts today on Linkedin covering layoffs at VMware. A few of them were written by recruiters who lost their job. Anyone sees any more?

This is hands down the worst group of people I've ever worked with. I regret joining this division and am having a hard time getting out. People do very little work for tons of money. They also suffer immensely from the Dunning-Kruger effect. This... — read more