Thread regarding VMware layoffs

How many of your colleagues have already left since the announcement?

So far only one of my colleagues has left but I'm worried about more people leaving because I'll end up drowning in work.

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Are any of your teams backfilling?

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Post ID: @2xbq+1hGZGL0S

I would say look now rather than later. Some companies are getting spooked by recession talk. And its also surprisingly competitive. The employee's market is probably over. If this deal takes a year, spend all of it looking for another position until you get an offer. Because it may take a year to find a new job.

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Post ID: @1yto+1hGZGL0S

Interviewing with 3 companies that I like, declined to interview with 3 others that I was less enthused about. If I'm lucky enough to get an offer from one of them I'll take it and put in my 2 weeks as soon as the offer is official. I've only had one person leave my team so far, lots of people with a "stay and fight" attitude which makes 0 sense to me.

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Post ID: @1xyq+1hGZGL0S

I am leaving in a couple of weeks. I am part of Tanzu

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Post ID: @1zar+1hGZGL0S

Start looking for an external job. It's almost recession time, so if you find a job before it hits that would be the best. It's not easy going through long processes of interviews especially if you haven't interviewed in a long time.

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Post ID: @1jpo+1hGZGL0S

More than a few in sales. I’m glad to see this too. Means people are focused on what’s good for their careers.

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Post ID: @1xqy+1hGZGL0S

“Leaving like flies” — that made me chuckle. I think you meant leaving like trees. 🤣

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Post ID: @1iqu+1hGZGL0S

None of my team members have left saying they will leave only with retrenchment compensation as they tenured employees.

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Post ID: @1tqa+1hGZGL0S

I have lost track of how many left from Tanzu Labs, but that is just a continuation of a trend that's been ongoing since late 2019.

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Post ID: @hwf+1hGZGL0S

People in IT Engineering are leaving like flies. We have lost 4 in our team and our boss just informed us of a hiring freeze now is in place, even for backfilling attrition.

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Post ID: @ssl+1hGZGL0S

3 left from a team of 14

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Post ID: @dpy+1hGZGL0S

Two have left from our group.

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