Thread regarding Broadcom Corp. layoffs

As a CA/AutoSys admin who's worked with this software for over 15 years, I'm apalled and horrified at the complete LACK of support since Broadcom took over. Been trying for TWO months to get a simple question answered on configuration. Was told point blank that part of the business had been outsourced to yet another company who to date I've been unable to get response from. Is this the future of AutoSys/CA support? If so my company may need to find another scheduling solution.

If you're not in the hardware side of things, it's probably smart to get the hell out. RSU's look awesome but you need to possess them. And the vesting periods are loooong. So it's more of a gamble. Mainframe or chips? Not sure why you'd go anywhere else. The product are lame but very lucrative.

And all these CA'ers blowing sh– because Broadcom doesn't innovate are funny. As if CA was some bleeding edge dev shop cranking out top-of-the-line software.

To paraphrase this movie scene.
So you joined Broadcom to make money?
I did no such thing. I joined Broadcom to make lots of money.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZgWwouKUXg

@ZS01v16-4pos You must not have been part of CA during the Charles Wang years. Very similar in many ways. There is something to be said about a CEO who pays attention to business things instead of always going bike riding.

What was interesting about the CA takeover is that the Broadcom managers could not comprehend that a large amount of employees rather left than take the stay offer. To them, it looked like a golden opportunity and suddenly they were left understaffed. They simply could not understand why that was.

There were that literally stood up at their desk during the day, packed their bags and left and never came back. Only after that they started to change the stay offer and had to make generous offers to the people in transition to stay.

Well, regarding Hok's visits post sales, you could see where things are going for office locations based on where he went. So, if anyone survives the acquisition but does never see Broadcom Managers on site, it would be a red flag.

Sure, a business is not a charity but Hok takes it to the next level. He is the godfather that controls everything, quite literally. I can see the appeal of his business model to Americans but it's not for everyone.

But how many companies have you heard off where the CEO has to sign off a stay offer to a Support Engineer? That type of micro-managment is quite staggering.

But, as was said in other threads, you either love or hate it. There is no middle ground. And the company culture is "take it or leave it", there are no negotiations.

Hock talks the tough talk. However, please tell me, which CEO visits different sites as often as he does and TALK to the employee so often and directly. He talks to wall street only once per quarter. Listen to how he talks to wallstreet and how he talks to employee. He knows we are the one who decide the company's performance and not wallstreet, and he acts accordingly in running broadcom.

This does not mean he is a teddy bear. This only means he knows where to focus on.

If you can earn more somewhere else and are ambitious enough, why did you stay in CA?

If the acquisition triggered you to leave, you should be thankful to Hock then who just cleaned up the FAT out of the organization. How many sales personnel were there in CA? How much revenue did they bring into CA? Do some basic math if you have basic common sense.

Hock is running a business not a charity.

@ZS01v16-1lze However, software companies that are current innovators do pay the same if not more than Broadcom. Everyone I know that left the former CA is now making more money (in terms of salary and equity) than those that stayed. Plus most of them get actual benefits.

Sure, if you have no current skill set and cannot afford to upskill or take the risk to leave, it is an easy and comfortable option to stay. However, working there will leave you dead inside.

People working in the software industry usually want to be challenged intelectually and at Broadcom, you will not get this.

broadcom is a sh--hole and you can make better money elsewhere, at least in software.

They care about sustainable franchises that make them money and not expensive experiments. We were told mobility and promotions very rare. Purpose is to keep the stock going up as much as possible. If your job function and product keeps making them money, then you are good. They throw RSUs at you and bonuses are nice. Many at CA never got a bonus before unless management. Now your regular employee can get 15-20%. They also very thin org. Instead of 8 layers of managers between you and leadership there is 3 or 4.

If you redundant, then after acquisition positions like HR, legal, finance are gone. Start looking asap. Not everyone in development will be safe just products that make money. Your role has to provide value.

Whether you provide value think logic and not emotion. Its not a Silicon Valley daycare center.

i had the same thought as you did here, it is a c-appy company with Zero innovation, Zero career future, Zero company culture. i thought about leaving every day just like you.... but every time i login to my fidelity page, i decided to stay another day.

Until the stock drops or hock drops dead, this company will move along nicely.