After some colleagues left, the work was distributed to those of us who are still here. As for replacements, the manager is keeping quiet about it, which I understand as it will take some time until the positions are backfilled. In the worst case scenario, there would be no replacements. I hope that won't happen?
8 replies (most recent on top)
A hiring freeze that’s impacting a majority of companies, especially in tech, is all related to Broadcom… obviously.
I was literally told the same thing by my manager when trying to backfill recently lol - the hiring freeze has nothing to do with Broadcom. This must be parroted from the top, I dont know how we're really expected to believe that
Do the job that you are being paid for. If someone asks you to do a second job for the same money, politely tell them that you are quite busy with the work you are already doing.
The delusion that you can simply assign more work to an employee and magically that work will happen is at the core of the Broadcom business model.
Oh, of course, while you do this, interview at every company in the industry for a job that isn't going to get destroyed by Ho-k and his boot-lickers.
Yepp, I asked my boss why they haven't filled in two other positions yet, he admitted that it was because of a hiring freeze, but said it had nothing to do with Broadcom. LOL, ok.
We have 4 new starters joining July/early August and i know we started advertising 2 of those positions after the broadcom news. (We are a customer facing team in NEMEA). So i think it depends on BU and geography if there is a hiring freeze.
Facts. Most reqs are closed and any that appear open are for show and tell.
I heard all reqs for all BUs are currently frozen. And they are freezing them for the field. Why hire people if Hock will fire them?
Have your boss commit, in writing, what exactly is in it for you if you pick up the slack (money, promotion, etc. No ambiguity allowed).
Since he won't because he is merely an order taker from someone else, tell the boss to push out the deadlines because it's not your problem people left. Pack up and leave promptly at quitting time with no second thoughts.
Management failures are managers problems, not yours. They can work all day and night to pick up the slack, and then still be jettisoned anyway when some genius in the C-level decides it's time for layoffs.
Pain needs to be spread around. Nothing changes until people can't take the pain anymore.