All I know from this change and from my colleagues who already left us , that no matter where you go there will be a part of you not satisfied and you will say that BRCM still was a great place where i had my zone of comfort.
No matter money , career reasons , where you will go it still place that could make you regret. That is just the way corporations rule nowadays and they will follow more n more this type of model as mentioned above.
Some guys left for some companies they heard that pays more , stable , great place i would not mention the name in Europe and they keep saying about some scary stuff happening >>>>> NOT WHAT YOU SEE / HEAR FROM OUTSIDE IS THE SAME AS FROM INSIDE. #GoodLuck All !