Did Hock and/or Tom have an all-hands with the Symantec and CA folks when their acquisitions were announced?
Did they keep their promises?
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"Hock is black and white. I love his coffee talk and he always tells straight and deliver what he told."
B.S. In his December 2020 coffee talk, he admitted that the 2020 salary freeze implemented ended up being unnecessary, and specifically stated that BRCM employees would not only get raises in 2021, but they would also make up for the freeze.
It was SIX MONTHS later that Tom Krause off-handedly remarked that "we didn't budget for raises in 2021" for the Broadcom Software Group. Tom knew, Hock knew. Hock lied, Tom chose not to reveal until a month before raises were supposed to be announced.
DO NOT TRUST ANY TOP-LEVEL MANAGERS at Broadcom.
Hock will keep EVERY promise he makes. He does not lie. He also doesn’t promise much. I recall him saying he doesn’t care about employee amenities or benefits, but will pay you enough that if those things are important to you, you can afford them yourself.
People will say negative things about Broadcom and most of it is true. However, they don’t tell you what you want to hear. They tell the truth.
Thanks for the replies.
Hock is black and white. I love his coffee talk and he always tells straight and deliver what he told.
For the CA acquisition he went to Prague and had a very good discussion. As for keeping his promises, I'm in support and I receive a sales type of bonus at 20% which was paid out last year at 138%. This year they will add another 5% to end of year bonuses paid end of December and I will have have 4 years of quarterly stock vest next month in June.
I'm making more than double my CA salary which was already competitive for my country.
I feel that I'm much better off in Broadcom than with CA.