Thread regarding VMware layoffs

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BC stated at the time of purchase that they wanted to reduce operating costs from 2.1 Billion to 900 million (almost 60%). Not hard to figure how that gets done. CA let 8% go about 6 weeks before the acquisition to clean up the balance sheet. That lay off was HEAVILY focused on people in the 50+ age bracket to the point they were really worried about law suits. Then 40 to 50% of the remaining went in the first year followed done in sets. Then 10% and 10% in each of the two years after. Now, 4 years later there's about 20% or less of CA left. Started at 10,500, now around 2,000 and every system and process was replaced.

I found this on CA Technologies page. It's good info that can clear things up for some people. This is the thread where it was posted: https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1gSVvcg5

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Post ID: @OP+1h9AAsbV

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Another thing people may not realize is that CA had been doing systematic layoffs for years before Broadcom even came into the picture. CA had over 20k employees in the early 2000s down to about 14k in 2010 and down to about 11k toward the end.

But it's not just employees that CA was reducing. CA was cleaning up office leases and internal IT infrastructure (labs and such) for many years before Broadcom came along. We were already acting like a company preparing for buyout.

By the time Broadcom bought CA we had already been through several CEOs and executive management teams, scores and scores of layoff rounds, office and IT lab consolidations and other trimming initiatives.

So by the time Broadcom came along we were pretty "acquisition ready".

Broadcom seems to be buying VMware in their most bloated and inefficient state. Broadcom took CA from 11k down to 2-3k currently.

I cannot even imagine what the VMware footprint will be in 3 years. Time will tell.

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Post ID: @btf+1h9AAsbV

The layoff mentioned was 6 weeks before the acquisition WAS ANNOUNCED. Not 6 weeks before it closed. The OP was correct (but lacking detail that confused others).

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Post ID: @wri+1h9AAsbV

Agree with the post below from StupidPeople. What is right in that post though is the headcount numbers, CA went from 12K to about 2,000 today.

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Post ID: @wdi+1h9AAsbV

This is really funny to me now. People keep saying that CA laid off people before the acquisition closed. You have to file with the US government if you have a layoff that is a certain number or percentage of the workforce. There are NO filings that CA laid off anyone, let alone 6% between July and November.

I think people are trying to scare us into thinking VMWare will lay us off between now and close. While they can do that, it is unlikely. Stop saying CA did it or find and post the filing that shows the layoff occurred between July - November 2018. It didn’t happen.

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