The naysayers are wrong, wait and see. There are so many critical positions in Islandia especially support that there will be few layoffs. Maybe one more floor closing tops. I am so confident that I will still have a job is that I’m going to lease a... — read more 

Definition of a optimist is a CA Employee ironing five business shirts this Sunday night. Gallows humour to be sure - but we are all in the same boat : STAY|TERM|TRANSITION or DIVEST.

There's is a lot of anxiousness, fear, vile energy and company bashing on this forum right now, so to move in another direction, could you share with us what got you working in this firm and what keeps you going, and still working here? For me, it... — read more 

Bikeboy, Thanks for the letter, but you can do better. I don’t like that all you want to do is bike. Do you think we are fools? You are just a tool. You said we developed muscle, you cannot not be real with this bustle. You cut a deal with octane and... — read more 

Next week will be rough for many of us, but at least it will bring some much needed clarity and end this horrible waiting game (or at least I hope so - November 7 better turn out to be true.) I just feel sorry for people who still refuse to accept... — read more 

I see a lot of negative posts on here - people who are disgruntled at the fact that CA has been sold to Broadcom and not knowing their future, or having just discovered it in other parts of the CA org (ie outside NA). Let's just put things into... — read more 

CA has about 320 Vice Presidents and 55 Senior Vice Presidents interesting how many will survive after 7th.

What was/is harder to swallow - all the inane press releases CA used to put out regarding “Landmark” studies into Agile and Devils, or reading about the latest Patent trolling by Broadcom? Wait until we start suing our customers for patent... — read more 

"Together, we developed a muscle that drove this company." Recommend you fortify your stomach before reading the entire email.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2YrwzxRZxY A classic.

BRCM very much need to understand that chrome is not the only software in the world and every software is not just designed to work on chrome. There seems to be a thinking that everything should work only inside chrome. World is not so simple... — read more 

We have many customers in the EMEA region and all of them still not aware of the situation. And projects are still going on without any effect. There are many prospects which were very close to being won and I really wonder what will happen after 7th... — read more 

Let the world know Do you want to know in what way people were affected by the CA / Broadcom acquisition? Complete this form and you will instantly see what others have responded - you will see aggregate responses after you submit yours... — read more 

It's hard and sad to see great people leaving, but never forget we ourselves brought CA where it is, it was our hard work, it was the extra miles we ran, it was our concessions... so just take a look at the way ahead of you, millions of... — read more 

After the acquisition are non-compete clauses in the US still binding?

Biggest of all are in sourcing and broadcom . When acquiring CA they got an edge to insource all Thier outsource stuff but they went the orthodox way . Everyone got a job whom they wanted to leave but still they have to come back to in source Thier... — read more 

The previous weeks were horrible for me and since a few days I know my fate. I'm of type STAY. I'm fine with that although my role will change a little but not too much. I don't expect that things will be better in the future or will improve but I... — read more 

It seems broadcom knew many people were waiting for fat severance so they did not wanted to term most of the employees in itc Instead itc managers uses this as trump card to remove resources they were failing to show outside door. I think once people... — read more 

This will surely bring confidence for our customers... Guess the layoffs will severely affect the products

Bikeboy pushed all of off to open up HIS Stamford, CT office one week before the acquisition news. Why push us to find a site, negotiate terms, and open a site a few weeks before the announcement comes out? So bikeboy can avoid NYC income tax. The... — read more 

Bikeboy worked for the last 3 months on the one thing he has cared about since he took over ....cycling he can finally rest as he found a sponsor for his beloved Trek. He got Splunk to sponsor.

https://www.thelayoff.com/t/VTjEFJ8 Or @VTjEFJ8

Sales Ops Sorry you will not all be retained. Remember all the calls and PowerPoints you needed in May to explain the “simplified comp plan” in the beginning of the year. What a joke !!! It all went down hill when NE took the role. I’m glad Octane... — read more 

I get that they will look to outsource support in the very near future. How are they making decisions who gets terminated, put on transition, hired? Is it based on ability, products covered, salary?

Stop clogging my Flowdock with cheerleading... We know what's happening

I remember times before the bike boy landed in our backyard – I was getting hefty two digit pay increases and 1000s of shares of stock. This was helpful given very long work hours and a ton of weekend work. Yet, I liked my total comp and was willing... — read more 

Broadcom does not care about software too. Hock Tan cares about cash flow and profits. Hence all the cuts. If you haven't left already, now it 'd be good time to start applying for jobs. I took off in September after 12 years at CA - some things are... — read more 

For new folks here, there is an "ACTIVE" button right above the first thread - you can use it to see what posts had recent replies. That's all from me. Anyhow, I hope this helps someone. Good luck all...

I’ve heard multiple references from senior executives that the number of terminations in Nth America is going to be upwards of 50-60% of the total workforce and that most of the employees affected will be let go by mid-November.

My estimate is between 200-250, including Contractors. Not including those who are transitioning.

What are your thoughts on Mainframe office locations?? From Lotko post on yammer, it looks like mainframe bu will be focused at few selected locations only. As we saw today, massive layoffs happened in India. I Believe Prague will be safe for... — read more 

140 folks were laid off in GIS. They axed a bunch of contractors. as well. I do not think anyone in PMO remains, I think they had about 10 people there - they are all gone. As of now, no impact for Help Desk people, they seem to not be interested in... — read more 

I heard mainframe services will go into mainframe bu and is not part of this announcement? Is that true? Source: Greg's post on yammer

Do we expect to find out anything else today or is this it?