Now everything seems to take so much effort and energy that I hardly manage to do my job, which I care about very much. How many optimistic individuals are there now who, despite all the uncertainty, continue to do their job as professionally as they can?
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Case in point: I tried to engage three different GS managers about a TSE who has been ignoring my customer for weeks on end (and yes, this is entirely on the TSE), and I have gotten nothing but crickets from all three managers. People just don't give sh.. anymore.
Leave. If you cannot deal with it then leaving is the best option. I was in the same position and left. And there is another good reason for it. If you barely do your work and no one notices then you can imagine how important your job is going forward.
I don't think your manager would care if you spent a few days looking for a job, and going on interviews at this point. They are also looking for an external job. It's so much easier to find a job when you have a job. Once you get layoff, it will be much more difficult. Connect with people you know on LinkedIn and ask them if they have an opening in their company. Even if you haven't spoken or chatted with them in ages. That's what Linkedin website is for, to connect with professional people.
It’s always the a-holes who spent years demoralizing employees who seem to have landed better job outside of VMware during the BC exodus. Case in point - Muneyb, destroyer of solution marketing then Edge networking & generally a vile pr--k.
Will admit the morale situation is being 100% ignored and getting so much worse. Never seen it this bad (8 years here).
Learn new skills, refine old ones, build your resume and interview for other jobs while you're doing acceptable work in your current role. I know a lot of people are doing this right now. Look out for yourself.
Its depressing. And there is nothing wrong with that because its raw human emotion to feel that way when on one day you have what feels like a good, secure job at a major company to the next being informed said company is going to be ripped up into tiny bits by a nasty company. But look at this as an opportunity. Usually companies will suddenly lay off staff with no warning. We are in a situation where there is a known outcome and at least a few months to do something about it. Use the time wisely.
Morale is always bad when you are being acquired, and even worse when you are being acquired by Broadcom. The worst of the worst. All you can do is take care of the bare minimum of doing your job and focus on yourself. Take training classes, polish up that resume, etc.