Your logic assumes that people are staying only for the severance. You have not accounted for all options of why someone might stay at a company. The person you’re speaking to: May want to work for Broadcom, particularly if they think attrition... — read more 

I recently joined in NSX team. Any thoughts on what will happen to NSX/NSBU after aquisition? I hear around the team that NSX is profitable and doing good but seeing a lot of management people leave in the past month.

For those who have received a retention RSU grant, how safe do you feel now? Specifically what do you think your chances are of getting laid off?

Now Broadcom fiscal year 2023 starts, when the Acquision will be closed

I am a SWE working on AirWatch. Not sure if I am safe.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/03/tech/twitter-layoffs/index.html

https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/04/atlassian_q1_23/

The new business will be branded The Boring Software Company Just heard from a guy in a bar who knows a guy who knows a guy who knows Elon Musk who said he's offered to buy Tanzu. Once he's open-sourced the Twitter algo he will add it to the... — read more 

Of course, no one knows for sure, but I'm interested in what you think, how many people have left since the acquisition was announced?

misogynistic managers at vmware Misogyny is a disease. It is pathetic to have men look down to women. It is inhuman and should be classified as mental illness. I have been at vmware for several years. I have suffered from male dominance. My male... — read more 

“ The executive also acknowledged that there was initial employee concerns over the deal, but that has lessened as its workforce have been shown the... — read more 

Things have changed drastically for me in the past few months. We have people leaving, getting laid off, getting fired, and to top it all, one of the few guys who're still on my team is getting a divorce and is now doing more harm than good because... — read more 

... nothing ... literally nothing. There are tons of threads daily asking about severance, BUs, benefits etc. Right now - all we know is in Source. Anything else - NO ON knows - no matter how often you ask on this board. This is an anonymous... — read more 

Does anyone know what the APAC/APJ severance looks like? There was a previous post on AMER severance stating it was two (2) months of base salary plus 1 week per full year of service. Curious to know what the severance looks like in other regions.

I thought this is only at SASI BU. But clearly from what I see, it is toxic all over. Managers are working to push ICs out so that they may survive.

Wait till you see the Zane and Betsy email... Hilarious they are pi-ping an accelerated vesting schedule due to our fiscal results! Congratulations! Get exited.... Then read it. Really we just moved forward the 2025 and 2026 vesting into March of... — read more 

I'm still unsure if it was a good decision, but I preferred to accept the offer with a lower pay, than to stay here in an increasingly toxic atmosphere. Considering these uncertain times, I guess it is!? Several of my colleagues also left this... — read more 

I see so many of you are waiting for severance. That's a shame. Only cowards wait for severance. Take your destiny into your own hands and go out and find a new job right now. If you've been at VMware for longer than a few years, you should have more... — read more 

see Octane's latest blog today re Broadcom and VMW... of course we don't know what life it might be...

https://www.broadcom.com/blog/what-a-combined-broadcom-and-vmware-can-deliver Mentions Multi Cloud and actually mentions Tanzu which most thought would be sold off. Could we be wrong this whole time he will keep core, Tanzu and sell off EUC, Carbon... — read more 

Will be announced in January

US Federal Business -- Any information about sales, professional services, customer success?

I recently accepted an offer to join EDA. However now I am wondering if this is a big mistake? I have heard from friends that work in the company already that EDA may be completely axed except a really small % of people that work on some key... — read more 

How is everybody feeling about this? Are you prepared for it?

I sent countless resumes and now I'm getting a little worried because several months have passed and I still haven't managed to find a new job. I'm slowly becoming depressed. Competition on the job market is huge. It is very likely that I will have... — read more 

Today at the PCS All Hands after Ragu went on about how great stuff is, Kit Colbert, the CTO comes on and I'm thinking okay we are going to hear about some new cool tech. But no, he starts virtual signaling about DEI. Then he introduces an engineer... — read more 

Wow, somehow I had missed this, Karen Egan decided to join Sanjay at Cohesity! https://www.cohesity.com/press/cohesity-appoints-karen-egan-chief-customer-experience-officer/

Could anyone read between lines on what he said at 1st one? I felt kind of indication of more job loss coming and be prepared. Surprisingly in 2nd at pacific time he didn’t say much.

we have all heard the chatter about severance possibilities. 2 months+, 2 weeks per year, etc, etc Well if you jump on Source and look for "severance" by itself (not severance policy, just the word severance) one of the links returned is the ERISA... — read more 

I have an interview for the PS team in the UK. I am worried about what will happen after the takeover. Does anyone know how the PS business is working out for VMWare and whether the long term prospects are good?

“They were very, very mature companies with little prospect of growth in the categories they were in, and the revenue was mostly focused on 400 or so customers,” he said at the time.

You have probably seen the push for woke talk at VMware. The other day at the start of the marketing summit a woman comes on and starts lecturing about using "inclusive language". If you go on the internal websites you will seen an announcement about... — read more 

I think we're now seeing the composition of employees who will stay until the acquisition. Those who wanted to leave have done that already, barring a few who are still struggling to find a new position. Outside of layoffs, I don't think we'll be... — read more 

With all the talk about RSU awards and RSU vesting, are vmware giving them away like the packs of M&S's in the break room? I ask because I never received any when I started vmware and have never been given any ongoing, other than the 21 or so that... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/broadcom-banking-early-eu-approval-220100913.html

ttps://seekingalpha.com/news/3891620-broadcom-said-to-seek-early-eu-approval-for-vmware-acquisition-report

Unless you have a time-trusted crystal ball, mind meld / telepathy with Hawk Tan, hang on the coattails of Mike Hayes, Zane Roe, Kit, Mark or are close to the BC acquisition team, PREPARE yourself for being JETTISONED after the deal closes. Economy... — read more 

What does everyone think this means for the acquisition and its timing? Does this mean the chances are greater the deal will fall through? Could it at least slow down the deal?