Thread regarding VMware Inc. layoffs

Layoffs: Don't panic, there's nothing you can do to avoid it.

The day before you get the ax from VMware you'll get an email at 4pm setting up an unexpected meeting the next morning with your director.

Don't panic, there's nothing you can do to avoid it. Stay late and clean out your files and tidy your computer.

Take extra supplies home and toss the office espresso machine portafilter (the handle) into the garbage. #repost

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Post ID: @OP+Fz4tGTM

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505 views in three hours, I guess the news is spreading like a wild fire

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Post ID: @1ecu+Fz4tGTM

@ruz you are like a dinosaur here - i know nobody who spent more than 7 years at VMW

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Post ID: @ebz+Fz4tGTM

7 years here, most of my linkedin contacts are vmware folks, some left though - btw, linkedin is hiring, not sure what kind of skillset you have but they are hiring a lot

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Post ID: @ruz+Fz4tGTM

The best thing you can do now is to be prepared - network extensively, have your resume ready to go. Good luck!

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Post ID: @sjb+Fz4tGTM

https://www.google.com/search?q=PORTAFILTER&tbm=isch

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Post ID: @hgw+Fz4tGTM

Technically you can prevent it by quitting

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Post ID: @wza+Fz4tGTM

next morning, a company wide email - subject line: anybody seen the portafilter? LOLZ

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