Thread regarding VMware layoffs

Goodbye advocacy group!

Word is we are on the block. Being quietly told to "reach out to our contacts".

Maybe this means it happens sooner instead of later? Don't know. I do know that December is a lousy time to find a job.

Im thankful for the time we had here. And Im more thankful to bosses who say too much because they don't want their people to get blindsided. Maybe they have been told they are getting the chop as well?

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the first up to the guillotine, but do not worry we will all be there sooner or later including Robespierre

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Post ID: @1uko+1iGbRIJk

Just like internal marketing. One of those groups / departments I see value in. Put it that way. If you are busy 8hrs a day and produce tangible outcomes that can be monetised, then you got nothing to worry about - or rather - probably nothing to worry about. If you sit at your desk watching YouTube and at the end of the quarter ask yourself what you achieved, you may as well leave now.

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Post ID: @1vkr+1iGbRIJk

Reach out to contacts… does this in fact truly work? As if magically when you need a job people you haven’t really been corresponding are a) going to have something available and b) not get weird and cringy that you are reaching out in desperation after not really speaking with them for a long time?

Not sure if that is much better than thoughts and prayers.

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Post ID: @1rww+1iGbRIJk

Not trying to be rude but what exactly did they do? I had never heard of them

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Post ID: @sqy+1iGbRIJk

Customer Advocacy? That group is routinely disbanded and then recreated again some years later - I remember it happening at least give in maybe the last 5 or 6 years. So I’m not sure this is necessarily connected with the Broadcom situation.

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Post ID: @pqr+1iGbRIJk

What BU? Is there some broader message or deadline that applies to multiple BUs we should be aware of?

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Post ID: @yeu+1iGbRIJk

Well I guess that explains why Betsy has been silent! To think we might be spared of these awful people sooner than later is fantastic news.

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Post ID: @zev+1iGbRIJk

They are SJWs advocating for "equity" for the perpetually aggrieved.

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Post ID: @xvi+1iGbRIJk

What were you advocating for?

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Post ID: @nvn+1iGbRIJk

So long, it's been good to know ya.

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