Anyone please summarise ITC layoffs?
It's official. Services is getting whacked.
Listening to Matt Cooke's call right now.
GIS ITC update
Approximately 150 termed at ITC. No surprises. Everyone was already aware.
Well??
The suspense is killing us! What's happening in ITC??
1157 ITC folks will know their fate today.
Among them are 35 Directors, 89 Managers , and 800 + Engineers.
Not realy sure how anyone n the sight can complacnt enout to not think there wii be fe a 400+RIF Day one,
Theres a lot of sckeptisism but this will be a massive layoff, so sit here and think your safe or wait for you severance and get a job lined up!
Bike boy selling out to a hardware company
CA will be known for making some of the dumbest business decisions. Most recently bike boy selling out to a hardware company. Take for example the name change, CA? CA has a big building on the 101 here in Santa Clara. Everyone here thinks it’s... — read more
https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/1056739712721776640
https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/1056739712721776640
ITC updates 29 October
Let's use this thread to post updates for today. It's a matter of a few hours now. You could use the following format: BU:Title: status (Term/Transition/Stay)
Good luck India!
Good luck to all our friends in India tomorrow. I hope you get the result you want. Whatever happens, remember it's just a job, and there are plenty of opportunities out there. From your friends in EMEA
Digital Teams
Anyone from the Digital Teams have any information? I have only heard from Direct Sales on their status moving forward but nothing from Digital.
Good night Hyderabad
It’s getting late for a Sunday, you have a big day tomorrow. Good luck
Mike G-Trek
Mike enjoy your last week using the Jet trying to find a sponsor for Trek because you feel bad Broadcom will cancel it. Here’s a thought why not sponsor it yourself and you can use a group shot of your and your crew . Include PP, OB, and anyone else... — read more
Australia
One more week to go until we find out our fate in Australia. Anyone know anything they can share. What is Broadcom plan for 457 Visa holders?
Preparation started in ITC
ITC facilities team has requested extra security personnel's to control agitated employees post notification s and also to control any accident . People will be cordoned until exit gate and releasing letter will be mailed to correspondent address... — read more
UK
Couple of weeks to go until we find out our fate in the UK. Anyone know anything they can share
ITC List count
on Monday we will be notifying 14 ITC individuals that are TERM.
Potential buyers for CA Veracode
It's not hard to see why nobody is denying that it will be divested: Nothing to do with mainframes (saas/app sec) Profit margins not in alignment with BRCM's strategy, Semi-independent operation. The question is, who could be interested in buying it... — read more
Few in ITC impacted
Monday in ITC should be non event. More than I can count have asked to be placed on term list, those such requests were all denied. So who is actually getting terminated? Very few. Less than 3%.
DocOps Status
Any concrete news for the DocOps team?
Sales Ops Hiding
Gotta Love Sales Ops having to post info for the sales force on comp. I guess their “ a message from PP and NE are not working. Maybe they are working on another great plan. Thanks to the sales leaders who actually sent the email out . Shame on you... — read more
Services gone?
I heard the services will be sold to a system integrator. Is that correct?
Asking fairly and become an obstacle
things are always changing - and years ago a simple question was just a risk for your job. Today its different and you may ask but never get an answer. It looks like all the strong leaders are not covered by the system anymore. So what about those... — read more
Any updates on Common Software Group (CSG) ?
Anyone here who has sure shot info on CSG Group / Tools / Docops / locale teams ? Waiting for two days is making me difficult.
The pitfalls of searching for a job too soon!
Lots of people on here saying don't sit around and wait to be laid off, start looking now. Others have already found jobs, and still others haven't even sent out a resume or gotten an interview. So what's the best way to handle it if you don't know... — read more
Group X from GIS: Update
We are a group of 10 at GIS. 6 in ITC, 4 in Islandia. 8 to be relieved. 2 in Islandia retained for transition.
Good sign for the security BU
Broadcom uses OKTA and CA will be migrating to OKTA as part of the IT transition. Good luck explaining that to customers.
Centralized department results
Centralized group of 200 - 10 percent layoffs day 1 , 90 percent transition, 9 months that will probably be shorter. ITC folks to be notified on Monday. All VP’s and higher gone day 1.
What will happen to CA support?
Not trying to repost. Honest question. How long before it’s outsourced? Will all support be outsourced?
Honest question, why would you want to stay?
So many people are scared of being laid off when they should be looking forward to getting out of this place. Anywhere will be better than this. Literally anywhere. So please tell me, what is it that is making you want to stay in this abusive... — read more
Reposting
Who keeps reposting earlier thread replies as new posts? It's weird and I want to know why you do it
No severance for me
I wish I was getting a severance but I don't think I am. I think I will get a "permanent" offer because I expect the product I work on will be divested eventually.
Emails in UK ?
Rumors say that today uk employees received an email with their fate ... Is it true ?
Broadcom in the spotlight again
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-broadcom-antitrust-eu/broadcom-facing-eu-antitrust-scrutiny-over-market-dominance-bloomberg-idUSKCN1MY381 UE and US trade commission investigating Broadcom
Some info on the hiring freeze
Hiring freeze for centralized groups went into effect around August, all jobs but PaySec, Veracode and APIM were pulled in September, ful hiring freeze went into effect a few weeks ago. Before the announcement there were 500 openings (as promised by... — read more
Workers kept during the transition will still get severance?
There's some misinformation on this thread. Well there's misinformation almost every thread but as far as this one goes- anyone kept during the transition will still get severance when they are released around the middle of next year, they'll still... — read more
Watch tower at ITC
I heard that a watch tower has been recently constructed near CA ITC Campus Gate-3. Broadcom plans to keep a close watch on who's roaming around the landscaped campus too much. Pro Tip: Cover your face & badge while taking a walk.