A number of people have said they work from home/full remote with Broadcom, among others who have stated WFH doesn't happen. I am not sure what to believe, but some have brought up WFH contracts and if this is true, what does that even mean?

I accepted the offer for VMware months ago as a software engineer and heard about the news. I am in a rotational program that allows me to work on two different teams for the first year. Is it possible that Broadcom rescind new grad offers or lay... — read more 

https://www.thelayoff.com/p/@OP+1gTMqgMW I see bunch of people just venting and projecting fears. If you need real info and bunch of good advice, follow this guy's thread, which has been burried below

Broadcom will use this opportunity to get rid of everybody who they see as earning too much, which will be most of the employees who are towards the higher end of the pay range. How much you do and how well you do it will not matter, this is strictly... — read more 

Is it when the deal is officially closed, which is 6 months away?

Does this mean, they will spare Vmware people ? “Following the closing of the transaction, the Broadcom Software Group will rebrand and operate as VMware, incorporating Broadcom's existing infrastructure and security software solutions as part of an... — read more 

Broadcom wanted to buy Qualcomm but that never happened. What are the chances something similar can happen here? I know I'm grasping at straws, but can you blame me?

but we're officially fu---d.

Seriously this is a brilliant outcome for Mikey D and Broadcom, and the 5 years with Dell has made Vmware a better and more profitable company. Doubt there will be many layoffs

https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/company/vmware-broadcom.pdf Both boards unanimously have agreed to the merger.

Nice premium on stock price. And will take a while. But here we go!!! Here's the note from the CEO Team, As you all know, our VMware Board and our management team are just as passionate as I am about the multi-cloud future. Together with all of... — read more 

It’s clear that any acquisition brings with itself the elimination of certain positions especially within the acquired entity. So, I believe the main question now should be, what jobs and the positions have the highest potential to be eliminated... — read more 

There's nothing to lose and a lot to gain. Let's face it, VMware is not a good place to work even without the whole Broadcom drama. I don't know one person who left and then said they regretted it. I think you shouldn't wait to see what happens but... — read more 

Read in some news articles that some employees last day in office was in late Nov but were not officially terminated till Feb next year.

After reading a few comments made here it sounds like Broadcom is a complete and total cut-throat company that slashes everything as soon as they buy another company. I currently work in brand and marketing at VMware. When we were acquired by Dell we... — read more 

might be a savior... check Seeking Alpha page with latest....

Antitrust issues https://www.theinformation.com/articles/broadcom-deal-to-buy-switzerland-of-data-center-software-would-face-swift-antitrust-backlash

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/23/broadcom-vmware-deal-could-be-announced-by-thursday-sources-say.html I'm still hoping that this deal won't go through and that this will not be a sad Thursday, although judging by this article it seems that the... — read more 

I was ready to accept. I think I managed to dodge a bullet at the last possible moment.

I've read a few comments here that say that in case this goes through, laid off employees might not receive severance. Is this legal? I thought the companies were required by law to provide severance and a 60-day notice to employees? Or is that just... — read more 

Broadcom layoff maybe a blessing in disguise. Useless people will be easy to identify and rot in the management will cleared.

It got burried below, here is the link https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1gTMqgMW or @OP+1gTMqgMW

Had a final interview for a US-based software engineering role over 2 weeks ago. Supposedly the team was eager to fill this position asap. I followed up with a recruiter recently but apparently, no one has received an offer yet. Then I saw the news... — read more 

OK, here is the question - the job offer is explicit that the sign-on bonus is only earned if one stays with the company for a year. THere is also another statement saying that if one voluntarily leaves before the one year anneversary, then the... — read more 

Don't believe your management, even if you trust them. All the CA managers that were kept knew weeks in advanced and knew everyone that was going to be cut. They planned the teams and such. No ICs really knew until D-Day. We got emails-- you were... — read more 

Don't believe your management, even if you trust them. All the CA managers that were kept knew weeks in advanced and knew everyone that was going to be cut. They planned the teams and such. No ICs really knew until D-Day. We got emails-- you were... — read more 

Buy us or don't buy us, lay us off or don't lay us off, just get it over with. The prospect of not knowing what's going to happen and constantly having to stress about it for who knows how long sounds worse than ripping the band-aid off. Whatever the... — read more 

Just heard a rumor that Cisco may be putting a bid in for VMW too....

Product marketing or partner marketing will be needed or Broadcom marketing will take over? Given that Broadcom won't have any expertise in cloud/vistualization/SDN/Security/SASE, I would expect the marketing orgs to be largely untouched (barring... — read more 

Nobody knows what's going to happen yet. There might be huge layoffs but it's not written in stone yet. You're stressing over something that hasn't been determined yet and you're making others join you in your misery. How about we wait and see what... — read more 

Any ideas on possible timelines? If the takeover goes ahead when can we expect to hear about job losses? What would the typical time between an announcement of a takeover and the time to actually transfer?

Well, you're about to be proven wrong. If this goes through, there will be major cuts. Since cuts cost money, expect to see severance reach the bare minimum. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they said no severance at all. Once they get rid of the... — read more 

So guys very likely acquisition will be announced on Thursday and Many of you will nervously put a lot of questions here 1 by 1. So saving you sometime, as I went thru those sleepness nights many years ago, am still with Broadcom and now intimately... — read more 

Not sure if there is anything to discuss here...

Is anyone else with me on this one? I think it'll get political and it'll be stopped. This is just my gut feeling, I have no insider info.

Any advice for us? CA folks - do you have any advice for those of us at Symantec? In case the Broadcom acquisition goes through? https://www.thelayoff.com/t/ZS6FvhK @OP+ZS6FvhK 16,000 Views, 56 Replies ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Welcome Letters /... — read more 

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Interesting post regarding the CA experience https://www.thelayoff.com/post/@hyg+1gSVvcg5

Company I worked (CA Inc) was acquired from Broadcom in 2018. On day one, Broadcom 50% of US workforce. Best of luck to those at VMware and be prepared.

There's still hope nothing will come out of it. They tried to buy Qualcomm a few years ago and that was blocked, so I'm hoping the same thing is going to happen here as well. Broadcom is known for massive cuts in acquired companies so I wouldn't be... — read more