SEBU engineer here - wondering what will happen to my BU post-Hockcom acquisition? Lots seem to think our SD-WAN is the perfect complement to Symantec, but the news about HCL partnering with VMware for RAN, WAN, etc, makes us scared that Hock will... — read more 

Night and day.... Raghu should get some training from Satya.

But now that I won't be, I can see it is a blessing in disguise. This was a great run, but being in love with a company is a mistake. I see now just how much more I did because I thought of it as "my" company. I see now how management used that... — read more 

Interesting, I feel that officers should be held accountable for breaching their fiduciary duties. They get the big bonuses for reaching targets and should be personally liable if they cooked the books.

Nothing. The last 10 years was a self congratulatory celebration of how great our R&D is. OCTO is another dead wood team. Great at marketing talk.

Just passed interview for Staff engineer, got verbal offer and bruh, it is FAT. Palo Alto location. Very tempting offer. What should I do?

As in using some type of productivity monitoring software? Tracking the websites we visit, apps we are using, etc?

Was talking to a couple of buddies at Citrix/Tibco yesterday, over MNF. Seems that Tom K has put the hammer the down on all remote work. Basically: If you want to advance, better be in the office. If you went remote during covid better come back in... — read more 

Considering that employees are still leaving in great numbers it is hard for me to believe the rumors that there could be some significant cuts at the beginning of next month. Any thoughts?

As a part of their ZTNA inititive VMware IT ran a compliance check on employee laptops and phones which resulted in the devices of over 7000 employees being locked out of resources such as email and internal websites. Some employees were totally... — read more 

See here: https://www.businessinsider.com/why-i-quit-working-twitter-elon-musk-takeover-2022-10

I have yet to meet one normal or intelligent person who came over from pivotal.

Broadcom revenue is $23.9B annually. Broadcom has 15,000 employees, and the revenue per employee ratio is $1,592,533. Twitter revenue is $3.7B annually. Twitter has 3,900 employees, and the revenue per employee ratio is $762,910. VMware revenue is... — read more 

HR is so ineffective when it comes to Mrs to stopping toxic managers. Do you think all the employee lawsuits against VMware happening right now will cause BC to shed entire organizations to rid themselves of problem managers behaving badly?

I have seen this amount of backstabbing, lies, hearsay amongst staff and managers. Manager’s one on one has become the focus of hearsay, lies, backstabbing, and toxic rumors. Staff engineers, staff, supposedly professional has been lying right and... — read more 

I really did think I would be here forever. But now that I won't be, I can see it is a blessing in disguise. This was a great run, but being in love with a company is a mistake. I see now just how much more I did because I thought of it as "my"... — read more 

Since this has already happened to me, I advise everyone to always make sure that, if nothing else, at least their resume is updated and ready to go. Why stress about if there will be layoffs, when we all know that there will definitely be many... — read more 

It must be if you invite well known racing teams to come to special events.

Senior from HR. Major cuts this Nov. Most probably First or second Tuesday. Over 300 engineers from Palo Alto and Seattle locations. Cut loose. No severance. Immediate termination. I fought but no use.

Reading some of these posts, I got the impression that most of them are emotionally attached to this company. Was VMWare really a place that gave a sense of belonging to so many people? For me personally that's not the case and I would definitely... — read more 

All people working around me and with me are now working late evenings, nights. Sending emails with directors copied. I know they are nice people but when pressure to complete work comes onto them they send email to the unblock them. All this makes... — read more 

or is it better to accept an average job that is offered to you now, given the risk and uncertainty of the economy's direction?

Employees are the ones who make any company great. We have so much great talent at VMware even after a lot of people decided to walk away in the last several months. Broadcom will make a huge mistake if they decide to get rid of the majority of those... — read more 

The SCC filing on the special meeting of stockholders that will be held on 11/4 could be an indicator that the sale will wrap up before the end of the year. I hope this turns out to be... — read more 

https://www.thequota.co/articles/as-broadcom-gets-ready-to-acquire-vmware-management-is-stalling-and-vetoing-deals-making-sales-reps-and-clients-very-unhappy assuming sales sep doesn't do bad thing, they are trying to their best for best commission... — read more 

Do you feel cheated like I do?

I am procrastinating leaving because I really loved this job. It's hard for me to find a better offer. However, so many of my colleagues with whom I loved to work have left, so this is now a totally different workplace. For those who left, I'm... — read more 

Since I do not believe that I will be able to keep my job after the acquisition, I absolutely do not care about VMW anymore. I'm busy sending applications. Now that I'm here and reading all these posts about the future of the company, I get the... — read more 

I know that this was discussed a lot of time already, but why VMW stock constantly underperform the S & P index and even Broadcom stock? I mean I guess it should be at least between 142 and Broadcom stock of 0.252 * 455 = 115 so I guess at least at... — read more 

So many great employees have adopted the "I'll do the bare minimum until I see what will happen" approach. I don't think that's the best way to go but to each their own. I certainly appreciate having less competition to worry about since I know... — read more 

Does anyone know what happened with this story? Did everything work out in the end? Do you think Broadcom will keep him on? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-01/vmware-goes-forward-with-hiring-of-ex-aws-manager-amid-backlash

If you have any valuable skills I would suggest you leave this dumpster fire before the acquisition is finalized and never look back. There are many, many other companies where you will be appreciated and considered an asset. No matter how good you... — read more 

While I'm sure this may offend some of you....good. But after you're finished gasping, please consider the following: Raghu's appointment to CEO only made sense in the context of VMware eventually being sold off. As much of a bumbling fool Raghu... — read more 

I just saw this article from Jeff Vance - https://www.networkworld.com/article/3674590/broadcoms-vmware-acquisition-sparks-concern.html I think a lot of VMware employees are holding onto this type of thinking. For those incredibly naive folks, I... — read more 

ka-ching…. $$$ https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/broadcom-s-golden-parachute-for-top-5-vmware-execs-may-total-169-4mm

I simply don't have any motivation to work here anymore because I know I will be laid off eventually. I am dedicated to looking for a new job and I only do the minimum necessary. It is interesting that even the manager has no objections. How does... — read more 

I have an extra amount in my payout for September 29. Did anybody experience this? I'm wondering what this amount is for.

I work in EMEA PS in the field, before the BC take over announcement things were toxic and most of my team were looking outside of vmware. When the BC news broke most people stopped looking in the hope they'll get laid off by Christmas 2022 with a... — read more