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Are you planning to sell your shares?
Share price is $43.44 today. Wondering if I should 1) sell my shares now (if the acquisition is blocked the share price will tank below $30), or 2) believe that it won't be blocked, hold on to my shares and get $44.50 per share at close. This... — read more
Newsweek article yday...
"A former intelligence official with direct knowledge of Broadcom's Chinese business ties, speaking on terms of anonymity, called the bid “a stealth infiltration” of critical U.S. infrastructure, including nuclear power grids, to advance Chinese... — read more
Last days of Rome
Likely to go down as the worst acquisition ever in history. Not sure there will be any company left in a few weeks. Last of mgt abandoned ship 2 weeks ago. Bikeboy checked out straight after the announcement. HBR case study in the making. Top line... — read more
Death CFIUS
So who is the mysterious letter forger? I’m thinking it’s BikeBoy - trying to destroy CA from the inside and the outside. GDL is Mace Windu - “He has control of the Board, the ELT, and he shareholders - he’s too dangerous to live”. We are Anakin -... — read more
China accounts for 54 percent of Broadcom’s revenue
No wonder octane is so frakking cheap
Kudos to our US Federal Sales team
It was a stroke of genius of they were the ones who crafted that memo to there US Congress :-) If you want to screw BikeBoy, now is the time to contact your local senator or Congressmen and let them know thousands of US jobs will be sent to Malaysia... — read more
Merger off? Broadcom shares fall after Sen. Rand Paul calls for review of company's proposed merger with CA
http://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/10/broadcom-shares-fall-after-sen-rand-paul-calls-for-review-of-companys-proposed-merger-withca-technologies.html Broadcom shares fell Wednesday after Sen. Rand Paul called for a review of the company's proposed merger... — read more
Any update on severance pay?
What will be the minimum severance pay for ITC folks?
Can we have definate supported facts not BS
Hi, Readiing these posts we have so much speculation and no facts! When you say X will happen on 19th Oct please supply eviedence / facts / links etc to back it up. We are all in same boat so do not have any informatyion, but not excuse to start... — read more
19th October
19th October is the day
R&D reorganization
Has anyone heard about R&D reorganization?
Service Management in the market
Is it true that Service Management is out in the market to be acquired?
The TCS Rumors
I'm in services and has we hadn't heard anything I reached out to a friend about a potential job at TCS a couple weeks ago. Things were looking good and I was expecting an offer today, last week we had all but agreed on what it would be. Today they... — read more
Roses are red, Violets are blue ....
mt diablo bike ride is cool, ride with me too? I need this ride, I want you by my side. Has money changed you so fast? Please don’t be such an a-- I feel so glum you left me not even a crumb. What will you do with your new millions mike? Buy a new... — read more
Anyone knows what is going to happen for Accelerator projects
Anyone knows what is going to happen to those CA Accelerator incubation projects? Are they going to be sc-apped or any of them will be continued based on their progress?
What will happen to all the overpriced former IBM cronies that took over our mainframe BU?
Will Broadcom replace the IBMers with long term CA employees. I don't know what the IBMers do, but I do know we are doing all the work.
Meal Coupon
Do Broadcom provide meal coupon?
Speculations on Divestments
I came across posts in yammer on rumors about few divestment plans like CA Services being handed over to TCS and Service Now in race for few products of Agile Ops BU. Are there any other speculations you aware of? Only serious answers please. No... — read more
Contact your local newspaper or politician
There is a chance Broadcom will look to screw you out of your severance or stock post transition. Rumors swirls of Broadcom bypassing US WARN and creating a holding company for transition employees to cut costs. Broadcom has many creative ways to get... — read more
ESTG products in ITC
Any idea what are the estg products or bu are not affected or affected as now in ITC
Golf course approved!
Fresh out of the oven. The plans for the mini-golf course has been approved for the ITC site. The lawns will be converted soon. Brace yourself for a 18-hole course, with caddies and the works. The only soft-wear that will be left there will be the... — read more
What will happen to bonus/variable component of our salary?
ITC Folks pls respond
Well done Mike !
After so many years of tales about the modern software factory, mike has sold out our lives for a handful of dollars
Service Management
Any news on what Broadcom intends to do with Service Management business?
When do we find out?
Nov 5th was always quoted by everyone but now I'm seeing a lot of people saying Oct 15th
What about CA Laptops do ITC employees have to return them?
Do the impacted employees in ITC have to return laptops? I heard broadcom has different standards for their employees.
Anti trust approval for EMEA on October 17
Hi folks I wanted to share a bit of real information. I am not sure when the hammer will fall on all of us, but I can tell you that the EU must publish its decision to allow or not allow the merge by October 17. Please see... — read more
Open letter
Dear Bikeboy, Nice golden parachute what a hoot. I now come to scrum feeling ho-hum since you left me with none. You said Agile was vital was this just your recital? What about long run? Or was this just for fun? You failed to grow the company so you... — read more
BMC next?
So many rumors, lets get back to the interesting ones. Anyone have more info on this? To me it sounds like a very likely scenario, especially when thinking about mainframe.
Any news or rumors related to the APIM BU?
I know the team is spread across Vancouver, Santa Clara and India.
Mainframe India speculations
What is going to happen for ITC teams in Mainframe BU? Are they going to keep MFBU in India or will be moved to Prague??
In a War Between China/US - What Side Broadcom?
As the trade war with China heats up and the state of humanity becomes more perilous it seems likely the US and China could end up in a new cold war, or even a hot one. In war between China and the US (trade or otherwise) which side would Broadcom... — read more