I say this with love to all my fellow brethern. I think it has become quite apparent that omnissa has no interest in its staff or its customers and there are a lot of reasons which many have covered but we serfs must look at the facts. The management said the books are in great shape but nobody that I know got 100PC of their bonus. They are clearly lying. The products are worse now and have not evolved. They dont have enough staff and they refuse to hire more, opting to create more management. Product managers are terrible and have been there for years feeding from the troughs. Staff are now leaving including myself so its only going to get a lot worse. There has been clear open corruption and clear violation of law. There is no integrity, morality or humanity and frankly the place is being run into the ground like a third world sweat shop. Management and the shhep who feed from their teets are going nowhere and KKR is clearly a crack pot organisation that likes throwing money down the drain. Its time to move on folks. It would take millions of dollars to bring this company back to relevance again. All ourcompetors have their own self hosted offerings on their own cloud infra and we dont adding extra costs for customers. Our products have no USP to draw in customers and frankly engineering are a complete disaster with bugs galore, putting sticky plasters on their disastrous code which normally regresses by the next version because there is little to no qa done. The company complies with Indian standards which as we all know are really low. My advise is to another job before you become another casualty of Ben and shankars circus act. Next year they are going to try and off load this car crash, pull the rug and run with their dividends. You will be the last thing on their minds, not that you were ever there in the first place.
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So glad I got laid off
It’s funny when you clearly see a management response and how out of touch with reality it is. To say that Omnissa will be just fine is purely being naïve and not listening to objective data. I’d be surprised if this company is around in a year.
simply slow down, pretend to be working, and do less while still getting paid.
Sounds like something you should add to your LinkedIn profile!
@e3 you said, "Small world we live at Omnissa and clearly the buddy system is a live and well. #brotherhoodSmall world we live at Omnissa and clearly the buddy system is a live and well."
It would be more accurate to call it a southeast asian caste, with Shanka at the top
Here's the reality: VMware EUC was already on a steep decline before Broadcom looked at our financials and decided to dump the BU at a loss to KKR. An Omnissa turnaround has failed, and private equity owners have only one playbook for legacy software companies - cut costs, over and over. Most of us with marketable job skills will leave.
@dg “ I bet I even know who you”
Small world we live at Omnissa and clearly the buddy system is a live and well. #brotherhood
@af "And for all you whiners here. I have seen bonuses (large org) ranging from 0% to 125%. All depends on individual performance."
Its clear that you are one of the elites or upper management... yes, you got your bonus alright!
I bet I even know who you...
@bc+1k897bm3m
No. KKR are an investment fund and only sociopaths work in those entities. My post was empathetic and honest which are two things staff in KKR are incapable of. Similar to omnissa leadership in fact.
@af+1k897bm3m
You are clearly management if you have seen those bonuses. I know a whole team that got 0 bonus. That's not an individual performance. I also know that most employees are still 9n the VMware contracts which in some regions are stipulated that 75 percent of the bonus is based on company performance and 25 is on individual performance. There are no omnissa contracts for old VMware employees and additionally some regions have tied office attendance to their bonus which means the bonus is no longer a performance bonus all of which violates the VMware contracts which is a violation of law in those regions. Most staff are being treated like indentured servants to the point where a brown Arizona grass would appear more appealing than the scorched earth omnissa has become.
OP, are you one of KKR or the ELT, encouraging employees to move on? Must be — because if you were truly one of us, you’d instead say to simply slow down, pretend to be working, and do less while still getting paid.
clear violation of law
Really? Be specific! Which ones?
Don't let the door hit you on the way out. We'll do just fine without you.
And for all you whiners here. I have seen bonuses (large org) ranging from 0% to 125%. All depends on individual performance.
Enjoy your new gig. Hope the grass is greener on the other side. Poison your new employer with your BS!
Right behind you, hold that door!