I see a lot of negativity here and it is obvious some of you have never experienced life in a bad company. VMware is/was a good place to work. Sure there were issues, but in general, it tried to treat employees well.
That is all going away, but I appreciated my time here.
It is culture by the accepted definition of what culture means.
You are spending a lot of effort here making a tiny obscure point that has nothing to do with the conversation. I love it. I hope it has distracted you from the stress of the acquisition.
A winner is you!
@1oxc+1pzSDmP4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_culture
https://www.britannica.com/topic/meme
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culture
It is culture by the accepted definition of what culture means. Don't speak again without first searching if what you are about to say is true. You will learn a lot that way.
That’s just a fix it ticket. Let’s move on
His virtue signal is faulty. I apologize on his behalf
Did you really just go off on a tirade equating a video game meme to culture?
Mate, take a break from the computer.
It's a lame meme from a video game. Why do you think it's universally known?
Who said it was and why doesn't it matter in the first place? Stop expecting everything to be Universal, there is Disney and Pixar too. Times have changed. There are a lot of cultures mixing and mashing. You won't know everything. If you don't understand something, ask questions or be quiet. Don't stamp on someone else's culture just because you don't accept it or deem it worthy or whatever. Especially when they weren't being rude to start with. It is tiring educating people who should know better at this stage in life to be decent. Don't you have a layoff and/or major company changes to worry about over the next few weeks? Isn't that enough to deal with?
whoosh
It's a lame meme from a video game. Why do you think it's universally known?
@1ziw+1pzSDmP4 and whoosh. Someone doesn't recognize someone pressing f to pay respects. Let me explain it another way, when you see a single "F" like that, it is someone giving a moment of silence. So no, they shouldn't be using words. They did everything correctly to be respectful of what was a good company. Every post doesn't have to be an eulogy or some other grandiose speach.
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Use your words!
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I love(d) working at VMware. I've been with this company for almost a decade and it was simply the best workplace experience for me, at least until over a year ago. And something I've noticed is that the attrition rate here is remarkably low, with many employees having several years of experience, some over a decade.
A low attrition rate can be a double-edged sword. Many people at VMware seem so comfortable that they aren't accustomed to layoff situations, leaving them with limited career agility to quickly transition elsewhere. It's akin to fleas in a jar, as illustrated in this video.
Fleas in a jar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmhoSj3wkDM
I believe many VMware employees are capable of securing an equivalent or even better job elsewhere - we just need to come out of our comfort zone. I hope for the best, that everyone will find their ideal path and achieve what they're hoping for.
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I‘ve loved working for VMW, too. Certainly the nicest team ever, well paid and LOTS of perks. But I definitely liked the time with Pat at the helm better than after he‘d left.
I've worked for VMW for 18 years. I started in an office we leased from Tibco. It was a pretty good place to work--though I've never been foolish enough to believe an employer is interested in anything other than how much money my work helps them bring in. When they built the Promontory buildings and moved us over, I was pleased to be in a new office, but again I knew they built their fancy new HQ to impress investors/partners.
VMW has had pretty good perks in the PA office since it was built. And the pay is around the industry average, at least for the type of work I'm doing. The other benefits were OK... though I've always realized that the money they "give us" to donate is just another tax write off.
Mostly I've stayed because what I'm working on is interesting and the people I work directly with know what they're doing. I've generally ignored management and company politics, kept my head down and worked on stuff that's new and worth learning. Fellow employees that I interact with are good people with good skills...not universally, but as a rule. There was a certain camaraderie among the teams I worked with.
At some level most of what kept me at VMW will be gone at the end of this process--whether the deal closes or not. Competent people are leaving in droves and even if it closes those who stayed for the RSUs probably won't hang around when they experience BC's broken "culture." Tech projects are being cancelled or delayed. And BC's benefits aren't anything special...
VMW wasn't "broken" before this, but it's badly damaged now. I don't see it pulling out of that any time soon.
Betsy and Raghou destroyed everything.
I think the downfall started when Raghu was made a placeholder CEO for selling the company.
Especially, with what has happened in the last 3 weeks, there is only one way out. This deal closing. Else, this company has lost all the trust its employees placed on it. I would say it is pretty much irreparable. I can't think of what this company can do to regain trust.
hey Betsy