Just got this meeting invite tomorrow morning 9:30 am in US. People say it's the layoff call. Does anyone else get this meeting invite? What kind of severance package can I expect.
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Well of course he smoked pot while having AI write his code, as do I and everyone at every software co, where we got the job over Zoom by having 2 friends in the room to lookup or code every answer to the LeetCode probs. Don't you? This is the way. You're missing out.
touch some grass" is slang meaning "go outside and touch something in the real world
ok pot head everyone knows what this means I looked it immediately after you said it
not surprising though, to see dr-ggies currently working there, I think whatever RIF meeting you are referring to was likely one of your benders,
lol lets see how VCF 9 plays out if talent like you contributed to the release , were you smoking blunts or whatever while copying hallucinated chat gpt code into vcf 9 claiming it was your own rofl
FYI: "touch some grass" is slang meaning "go outside and touch something in the real world, you're demented from being online-obsessed and thinking the internet or this chatroom IS concrete reality".. it was said here in reference to some poster's novel about VMW culture all the way back in 2021 that they are still ranting about today in 2025. Now you know, and can continue your search for what to do after missing the RIF meeting you were invited to but didn't bother to show, lol lol.
Check for any emails and meeting invites with subject a "Org Announcement" or "Town Hall" "Coffee Talk" "Update" "Team announcement" "Team meeting".
What would we do without thelayoff.com? Is this a support system for Broadcom?
If we do not receive our letter, then does it mean there is no proof of being laid off?
Was the meeting invite by mistake?
If I did not attend the meeting and it is so easy to miss a meeting that was sent after business close the previous day for a meeting first thing in the morning the next day?
The access was closed the same day?
Keep checking your email day and night mate. If your access is gone then see if it is an outage or if you were laid off.
This mind faaak is out of this world. VMware is a klaaaastaar faaaak. I hope to get out of this matrix and collect sevaaarance before this whole thing goes bankkkkruupptt
@gd send email to hr.support@broadcom.com, and a ticket will be created.
@e8 Wow, you better touch some grass or get some therapy. It has been years since you were RIFed.
Gogl employee buyyyouts. Get yours before the bankraaptcy
The one HR intern that is left is working through the severance packages. Her calculator has been acting up. Patience peoples. Since most people who were fired are 20 years plus tenure, the calculations are complex. The poor intern is trying AI, but AI is hallucinating.
Subject: Your Legendary Exit – A Severance Saga
Dear [Name],
After two decades of unwavering dedication, countless cups of coffee, and enough office wisdom to rival a sage, the time has come for us to do the unthinkable—say goodbye.
We tried everything to stop this moment from happening. We petitioned the calendar to slow down, begged the printer to jam in protest, and even asked HR if there was a “20-Year VIP Club” that granted lifetime immunity from severance. Turns out… there isn’t.
@d5 Hi,
I did not get the HR email by yesterday. And not in my personal email too as for now. Do you know whom I could email to ping?
For those who were there pre BC acquisition just dwell on the good times !
Let's revisit 2021 which sadly brought an end to my long-term tenure because you know 2 + 2 = 4 and all 🤨
- BLM was burning 🔥 down cities while then CEO Betsy💃 and VP Raghu 🕺were sending out almost daily reminders that employees need to be showing their Pride in support 🏳️🌈 of the mostly peaceful protesters
- Every few days there was some Tolkien like epic 🧙🏼♂️🧝🏻🧌 being narrated about a stunning and brave 🧑🏻🍼🫃🏿alphabet him/her as they battle a facist world of colonizers 👻. I seem to remember one about an Indian 🇮🇳 alphabet crew member who had become deeply depressed over no longer being accepted at home, how sad 🥲
- BUs discovered a more lucrative 📈 model compared to the archaic dinosaur 🦖 of building great products and making customers happy. This one, known as "Woke Capitalism" 🧚🏽♀️, shifted to the products that our customers really wanted – magical unicorns 🦄 and rainbows 🌈 !
- Since most employees were still stuck in that old mindset of building ⛏️ something tangible, new corporate training material by some of the brightest minds on the planet like Betsy was necessary to enlighten our minds. These would include some of the greats like unconscious bias training, po-n videos 😳 and such – absolutely fabulous ✨
- Directors, always eager to set good examples, were the first to proudly list their personal pronouns 👽/👽s in zoom meetings
- Indian BU execs concerned for the welfare of VMware and its employees were vigilant 💂! Ensuring we were always on our guard against the ever growing threat of white supremacy 🫥
- VMware being plus size 🐷 bold and brave, started to look beyond the enterprise and into the pharmaceutical space. With promising new partnerships with trusted brands like Moderna and focusing on hot new emerging tech. like mRNA, the future was bright!⚕️💰. Marketing started to pitch the idea that mRNA was like coding the OS for your body 💉 ... brilliant! With these new ventures and catchy marketing logos the sky was the limit 💪. Rumor had it that the first joint venture was aiming to tackle the pesky new strain of Myocarditis🫀 that just seemed to come out of nowhere 🤔.
- It was nearly impossible to get hired or promoted unless you were Indian 👳🏿♂️
- It was nearly impossible to get hired or promoted if you were white ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Hope this brought back fond memories 🥳!
Termination date is Aug 15 2025. Says it in the HR email.
You will get an email to your personal email address at the end of the day with details. Make sure it's up to date in Workday.
@cf I have not receive the HR email yet. I thought that was an 'all-hands' and did not attend lol. Now how may I ask questions regarding termination day and packages?? And hr email address?
@cd they laid off anyone on that invite. Access is lost by 5pm today. Make sure your personal email is updated for hr. Hr will be sending out an email with the details. 60 days paid leave of absence. Plus severance if qualified. Vesting until last day of termination. Not clear to me if the termination date is today or 60 days or …?
I did not join, can someone share the details?
@bn I can arrange folks with rotten eggs and play cards in PA. i have support from Soros and Newscum.
Its not HT taking anything away. He is operating on the fringe of the boundaries outlined form him.
If there is any gripe it belongs with the aristocracy that runs OUR country. It IS the top 1% who have to make ROE on their $. The aristocracy doesn't care who gets hurt in the process! They achieve this by manipulating the Government.
Agnostic of political parties, OUR Government - including the current one - is NOT looking out for US!
occupy HT's office and home in PA. take rotten eggs.this mf thug must be held accountable for taking away American jobs.
MF Newscum for you. democrats destroying California. MF HT is also sponsoring the riots across California.democrats are demons who want only destruction of USA.
rather than leaving it on us to chase HR later for the details.
That would be humane, which this company is not.
Yes I got it too, and I’m pretty sure it’s eat you’re thinking it is. Hopefully they’ll tell us more about the severance package during the call, rather than leaving it on us to chase HR later for the details.
What’s the zoom link ? Let’s all join and tell those fu-ktards what we think of them