Still no sign from the management. Keep telling us it will announce the changes in next week or so.. I am in a small development team working on a product which generating revenue of a million an year... any chance to survive coming month or even... — read more 

Will be termed on day 1 and am looking to see if anyone knows how commissions from September/October will be payed out. Will we get that as we walk out the door or will it be paid out on some sort of schedule?

Take the week off before November 5th. Take a week of in November if you are staying around. No way Hock’s loogies will be able to track any of this. Most managers are getting fired, it won’t even be clear for weeks who should actually approve... — read more 

I just found out that I'm a Day 1 Term. (I'm a manager and my entire team is also termed.) It's still verbal and informal, but the source is extremely reliable and has regular conversations with 2 EVPs. It's what I was hoping for and waiting for, and... — read more 

Bikeboy realised he hadn't delivered any value in 5 years so had to try and find a buyer. Make some big cuts to make it somewhat attractive for sumdumfuk octain to come along like a crazy rich asian and buy it, only to have it broken by the time he... — read more 

Broadcom will try to let go most tenured people 12 months + 1 day after the close. Because CA severance policy is only in effect for 12 months after closing. After that Broadcom will only honor Broadcom time which would be 1 year. I hope people will... — read more 

...and hopefully not Staycember!! Happy and succesful Job Hunting everyone!

GIS poster here. Since late August, there's been next to nothing to do. I get in late and leave early, but what do you guys do to pass the time?

I believe that is the strategy. Have people just jump ship so BRCM has to pay less severance. I contemplated leaving early after 14 years with CA. Had a job offer in September but I'm not giving BRCM that out, they are going to pay me to leave. I've... — read more 

CA is dead now. I don't see customer confidence coming back regardless, AD's that are left will struggle to sell whatever BU's that are left after this bloodbath.

Why staying with Broadcom is not a fantastic thing? look where they they stock was 4 years ago and now and CA stock. better benefits better management ..

I want the severance but I'm not waiting forever. If they drag this on much longer it's not worth it. I'll say that if we still don't know our status by end of November i'm jumping ship. If they offer me a permanent position at Broadcom i'm still... — read more 

Hope you all saw gdl's yammer post today. How many of you are expecting to know your status before 29th.

Partner Business especially in Enterprise Software is a different cookie.. Will BRCM outsource to distributors or Franchise?

All Mozy Users - Transition (Long Term) Business Insight - New Employees - Employees joined in CA in last 2 years or so ALM Users - Transition (Short Term)

Nice message sent by bikeboy. He is confident in everybody being able to find a new job.

However it ends for me personally, I know I am. Anything is better that stressing so much from all the uncertainty. I'm at a point where I'd happily volunteer to be laid off, even with miserable severance. Do you think that is the goal? Tire us out... — read more 

We have a whole host of people on their way out who are getting well paid off and also pretending to know at the same time that staying on with broadcom is a fantastic thing. If you are leaving and taking a package do yourself a favour and don't give... — read more 

That this deal falls apart in the last minute. Something, anything, president cites national security, etc. After all Broadcom is a company working with Chinese military. I just hate the fact the ELT cut and run. I would just love to see them come... — read more 

Funny how all VP’s and above know their fate, last day of Nov 7th and package.

Looks like the ITC head (who thinks himself to be the jack of all trades) is also being kept in the dark by Broadcom. He like others has absolutely no clue wat to tell people, so it's convenient to b---s--- and lie.

I don’t give a sh-- how hard Broadcom is working to figure out how many people they should fire. But please keep us posted when they do figure out if the day 1 layoffs are 3000, 4000 or 5000. And please make sure the Broadcom folks remain well... — read more 

"Dear CA Colleague: Annual enrollment for your benefits for 2019 will be November 12 through November 27, 2018. ..." Aaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahaha! Seriously??

Regarding GDL posted on yammer, seems that the start date will be 5th November. Will be our HR or our managers? Who knows. Good luck

Amen to that

If the deal goes forward, yes Broadcom will honor severance payouts. It is written into the sales agreement. If Broadcom does not honor the terms, the deal is off, or they are subject to penalties for breach of contract. Just wanted to throw this... — read more 

Any more news after the stuff from last week?

On Yammer you asked an employee whether they were an expert on which departments would be cut by Broadcom. Yes - many of us have had to become armchair experts on what departments Broadcom might cut because management disappeared four months ago. You... — read more 

When I read this board I think that everybody is well informed and aware of what's most likely going to happen to most of us very soon. But then at the office, I realize that majority of people I work with have not started looking for a new job, not... — read more 

Best of luck everyone!

Dear CA colleagues. I am sure Broadcom and CA will just sweep all the layoffs / and our work under the rug. So I thought it important to try to account for their actions somehow. In some countries in Europe, they are not allowed to fire more than X... — read more 

https://www.thelayoff.com/t/FLP3rVY

Yesterday we had a meeting with ITC head. It probably looks like by Oct 22 everything will be clear. If you receive the new offer letter, well and good. If not bye bye. It looks like engineering team will not have major impact.

Transition might seem good to some, the more I think about it the worse it seems to be even though the severance and transition are “guaranteed”, you canned let go at any point during the period. It will be hard to time a job search you’ll be working... — read more 

What does everyone think the numbers will be? I’ll take a stab Day 1 Layoffs - 3000 people Day 2 Transition - 4000 people Number of Divestitures announced in November - 2

All he told was everything is usual, no job cuts except few departments like GIS, and HR. Don't worry everything is the same, whereas we all know there will be bloodbath on Nov 5. We thought leaders are role models, but he is no leader, he is just a... — read more 

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