avago has a reputation of cost synergies and cutting back on R&D and can't really blame talented engineers leave on their own befor the ax falls, especially going to an different industry

You will be confronted with going Part Time [28 Hours a week with no benifits] or take a walk...

Some people got it, Some people Don't---------If you want to control your future,---Become self-employed

... look at Hock's lieutenants, and what/how they contribute to Avago For Hock, if you ain't contributing, you'll be out I know Hock from way then ... from Malaysia ... I know what makes Hock tick

Is it better than qualcomm?

F---, Ed (GM of ING) sent email to global employee on last Wednesday saying that all cut-off people has being notified, and encourage survivor calm down to contribute ... People went out for lunch to celebrate it's over finally :-） While on Friday... — read more 

QLogic, Emulex, and now Broadcom resumes piling up.

per the earning call, they are looking to find buyers for assets not making money. Any ideas what BUs are for sale? Or Hock will just shut them down.

http://nypost.com/2016/03/04/semiconductor-maker-marvell-is-open-to-sale/

Fully Autonomous Platforms Unleashed to Cull the Herd

Another round of layoffs..

Hawkish eyes dont like too many heads. So many gonna roll soon - across the globe - across the board.

The Matawan office lost lots of key people and is essentially doing nothing. How long will they continue to eat free lunch?

I just replied with the same comment in another thread but then realized it would probably be better to actually start a new thread for more views. I am a corporate recruiter with Experian in Costa Mesa and am currently speaking with several Broadcom... — read more 

1) He minimizes all support organizations. HR, IT, Finance, Legal..etc, etc. you can't sell these. This also mean any centralized big ticket item perks. So, if you have a Broadcom park in the mountain, that might be sold soon. 2) If you are a revenue... — read more 

I heard will cut ~700 by the end of March in Irvine. Did that happen already?

Are there any California Broadcomers forced to move out of state after being let go? Especially in the Bay Area where the housing and living cost is ridiculous?

The "Unlimited Vacation Policy" is the latest dirty trick that the Corporatr America has come up with. This is going to work well with the Asian-style sweatshop mentality that the new CEO has. The advantage of the "Unlimited Vacation Policy" for the... — read more 

Any tips or how-tos anyone want to share on how to maximize severence? I believe I'm getting called in soon and would like to take as much as I can legally get in order to lengthen my down-time between this job and the next. Any tips and legal advice... — read more 

A few of my friends in BRCM who survived after the huge layoff recently. The entire team was almost gone but afterwards their salary actually got raised. Is this a good or bad thing to them? I am not quite understand what's the strategy of the new... — read more 

Most are blaming CEO. But no news of about percentage cut ? any site closure ? decisions like sale of units ? sitewise reductions -( guessimate) !! ? Heavily impacted BUs ?? and any ASIA impact at all ??

I heard about a former BRCM engineer who got laid off a few years ago and moved to Bay Area to join Avago. His workload is very high compared with BRCM one. Once the project schedule is set, he has even no weekends and no nights to meet the schedule... — read more 

Let other company lead technology. Engineers have choices. They can leave to work for better company if they are not happy. Even your old CEO have layoff many people. What is wrong if China become technology leader, US companies do not know how to... — read more 

Limiting to only profit? Laying off people? Killing innovation? Helping China? Making private equities richer?