I've been wondering lately what could have been done to prevent Symantec from being in the position it is in now: being acquired and decimated by its future owner? Was there anything to be done or were we doomed to end up like this due to outside... — read more 

Art told that he and Hock visiting India by this or next week. What will be the reason behind this visit?

Wait for the official announcement next week.

Norton will sold after the split with BC. Bloody private firms, completely decimated a huge entity.

I am a non-U.S employee with a vacation balance. Will Symantec pay that out as legally required by law, or will the vacation balance get transferred to Broadcom? On vacation, does anybody know what their vacation policy is?

Yes we will “LOVE 3000” those 1250 top customers. We still do. It's inevitable Yes we know vast majority of Finance, IT, HR, sales, shared services etc will not make it to Broadcom and Support/Engineering will. Yes we know Remote workers... — read more 

Peeps, am concerned if visiting /posting/replying in thelayoff site from a corp mobile using LTE network might be acceptable by GOD.

What is the future of Pune Site? CBU goes to Chennai and EBU goes to Hyderabad. Will they close the Pune Symantec site? Any update when the different IT Teams like Dev, QA, Sustain, etc. are getting laid off? Is it Sep 16th or 30th ? Wave 1 or... — read more 

Box.com Now that they’ve decimated Symantec, the crosshairs have shifted. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/05/box-ceo-says-hell-work-collaboratively-with-starboard.html

Art confirmed today that all EMEA SE’s will be brought over to Broadcom. We know that Symantec’s terms will carry for 12 months post close for said employees in terms of service and severance. What is Broadcoms severance policy after that 12... — read more 

Based on the call this morning, it sounds like transitional contracts will be offered by Symantec, not Broadcom. Those contracts will probably be for people in supporting functions like HR, legal, etc...It sounds like these will be few and far... — read more 

I mean,for the ones that get to stay at the company? Can they expect to continue having a stable job, or will they be prime candidates for some other wave of layoffs?

When Broadcom offers employee stock is it generally zero dollar RSU’s or common stock with a set price?

I'm currently a remote worker, and my manager is happy with it. He wants to assign me an office, and have me never go in. Is this viable?

Broadcom has decided not to keep CSS business so it plans to sell the CSS division after the merger. Offer letters will be provided to all the CSS employees but the future is not clear as when the sell off will happen, may be in a month or a year... — read more 

We have an all hands scheduled for Thursday, then why was this special meeting held today. Was there something in this meeting which will NOT be shared tomorrow. I will ask this question tomorrow in all hands, but not sure if he will take it.

Does anyone have a clue when the cut will start at a larger scale?

If you check Syminfo, you will see a note that meeting with Hock Tan was not recorded and will not be available for replay. Some facts: 1) Art played the recording during his evening meeting for EMEA/India time zones last Wednesday. 2) The... — read more 

Broadcom (AVGO -3.4%) has won early termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period from the FTC for its deal to acquire Symantec's (SYMC -1.1%) enterprise business. Late Friday, Symantec said its interim CEO/President Richard Hill would... — read more 

Plans, news, updates are drying up. The most recent all hands are not available to watch again. Odd. Let’s hope the next all hands gives some more solid information and not a repeat of the stupid questions that were asked last time out. — read more 

I see some locations outside the States have been hit by layoffs. Does anyone have any info weather any US locations are in danger of being hit in the next couple of days? Of course nothing will happen today, but the rest of the week… I'm not so... — read more 

We need to calculate the worse case scenario. Possible layoffs count.

Any inside news? Please share it here. As Art did not mention the office is the previous call. Rumours are spreading, that they will be moved to BCRM office.

Hi all. any news for the Dublin site? What will happen to the back office? How big a hit will Dublin take? Have to admit the uncertainty is really starting to take a foot hold here.

I will hand in my resignation and two weeks' notice on Tuesday. I will miss the people, so many have become a part of my extended family, but I will not miss the company and all the stress and uncertainty. To everyone who is still waiting to find... — read more 

Pray hard folks! Sadly large portion of the group will get TRANSITION offer as they will get terminated after knowledge transfer to India counterparts.

The word seems to be the large majority of SE’s are being brought over. It’ll be interesting to see which SE’s are brought fully or brought on a transition basis. As many SE’s have broad product coverage rather than a narrow product focus... — read more 

As hard as that may be for all of us to accept, we ‘re all in danger. Although sites like this one can be good for us to blow off some steam, thinking about getting laid off and worrying never helped anyone. I suggest we all update our resumes and... — read more 

Closing date is First week of Nov; Offers will be given out on First/Second week of October; Regular via transfer is taking 4 months; How will employees on H1B join in such a short notice? Will they be put on transition category?

I have little drive to actually work with all the unknown. How are peolpe staying motivated?

Samir would have more inside knowledge of the enterprise product groups and now Art is having to figure it out. Can anyone explain why they didn't reverse it?

Don't lose sleep, don't stress out about the impending layoff. Take action, whether you think you'll be laid off or not. while you are still at Symantec, document your work history! Use your annual reviews to pick the good things you've done... — read more 

It can take a couple of months to find a good fit. Once you have a verbal offer and are negotiating the package, if possible, ask for a start date which is after when you think the next round of RIFs will be. This is the best strategy. It gives... — read more 

I’m at a point in my life where losing my job could be a disaster. Two kids in college, mortgage not paid off, had some unexpected expenses in the last year.... What are the prospects for laid off Symantec workers of finding a job in this market? — read more 

Everyone is miserable right now how to get team moral up during this period?