So people can either focus on work, or focus on finding another job, rather than one month in a mess?
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When was the UK stated as being in the 4th category?
It's in 4th because it is not the US. The US allows offer letters to be sent out early. UK TUPE doesn't allow that. That TUPE exists, and Broadcom has to made adjustments to adhere to it, makes UK part of 4th.
In 4th category situations, IIRC VMware can exist longer on its own until their notifications periods are done. The VMware completely does away.
When was the UK stated as being in the 4th category?
And yes it su-ks not to have severance polices listed for each of the 60 countries, it's not that difficult. Most multi-national countries have this available, why didn't we?
Because they haven't decided yet, and even if they had they can't say anything in most countries.
- humming Queen Song - Show must go on *
I’ll share. I’ve got the list of 8.6K names who are leaving. Let me know your email and I’ll send it to you.
I bet there won’t be any official communication to the process of any country outside the US.
Does it get tiring to always assume the worst-case scenario? They've already started. But, as they stated, there are 60 countries represented in VMware. VMware and Broadcom have to sync for each and every country. There _MUST_ be official communication. It would be against local laws to not have that. So I don't know why you assume VMware and Broadcom would just violate local laws for fun.
@bft+1oF23dtE you are still getting paid to work, aren't you?
"where is HR when you need it most? "
HR is not there to be your friend. It’s there to protect the company, not you.
I bet there won’t be any official communication to the process of any country outside the US. Which is absolutely pathetic imo, where is HR when you need it most?
RE: UK, that was covered as the fourth category of employees. Those who won't know their status until after the deal closes.
Speculation could be the timer starts ticking after 30 Oct.
What happens with consultation periods e.g. in the UK for 99 or more employees being made redundant the consultation period is 45 days ....does that mean that kicks in from date of notification? It would be good to know this so people can plan ahead with new roles etc
This has been explained already here and in the All Hands. The All Hands was recorded, so maybe you should go watch it.
There is a process and a timeline. We are not yet at the point in the timeline to receive those. Those decisions are still being made until mid Oct.
They cannot do it until the merge is legally close.
Because that work is literally being done now. There’s a lot to be sorted through in a relatively short amount of time. It su-ks, but all we can do is wait and see.
because they want us to keep working until last day. think about productivity loss if they told everyone. this is a sh_t show.