Thread regarding VMware layoffs

No budget

It’s getting stupid over here. Literally not even paper clips in our stationary anymore. I’ve had it.

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Post ID: @OP+1iKr38Nb

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I can share a download link for a VM of Windows 97 that has Office on it with Clippy in case you get desperate for paper clips.

Still free snacks in the office, but no one is there to eat them. First world problems!

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Post ID: @kmp+1iKr38Nb

I need those paper clips for my CV and application. I really need the clips.

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Post ID: @noy+1iKr38Nb

You need paper clips for pushing those little indented reset buttons on electronic devices.

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Post ID: @ppw+1iKr38Nb

what! i can't even steal stationary from work anymore???

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Post ID: @bga+1iKr38Nb

Request to upgrade to a new blackberry wasn’t approved… god dam it !

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Post ID: @nms+1iKr38Nb

No DVD-Rs either! And no palm pilot chargers… wtf?

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Post ID: @tbr+1iKr38Nb

Also, floppies and CD-Rs ended abruptly YEARS ago. I'm fuming...

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Post ID: @urf+1iKr38Nb

Use staples bro! 👍

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Post ID: @cjb+1iKr38Nb

This is the third or fourth reference to no paper clips. Who are all these people needing so many paperclips all of a sudden? If the complaint was "no budget for laptops" it would make more sense. I've worked at VMware 11 years and might have needed 2-3 paperclips in that time, tops...

What are you going to do when there's a real existential-type challenge? That will happen at some point in this process.

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