Thread regarding Broadcom Corp. layoffs

HT is lighting his fireplace with your employee contracts!

@rc Is this segment of the interview real or made up?

@x5 The stock keeps climbing because we’re deep in an AI-fueled everything bubble. Once that bubble bursts, we’ll all be heading for the exit. With a P/E near 90, it’s only a matter of time before it crashes. Hopefully it doesn't crash before my next vesting date. :)

Broadcom will make money and the stock will likely hold up well. But Hock is still a ba----d. Will still take his money any day :-).

CNBC Exclusive: Jim Cramer Interviews Hock Tan, Supreme Allocator of Human Capital at Broadcom

JIM CRAMER: We’re back with Hock Tan, the man who has proven that empathy is optional in capitalism. Broadcom’s stock up 10%—another day of crushing souls and making margins. Hock, how do you keep the morale so low and the numbers so high?

HOCK TAN: Jim, morale is a distraction. Fear is efficient. People perform best when reminded that replacement is a process, not a punishment.

JIM CRAMER: That’s beautiful. You’ve said before that “employees are assets, not people.” How do you maintain that clarity in a world obsessed with culture?

HOCK TAN: We removed culture. It was not on the balance sheet. Now, every worker knows their purpose: to increase EBITDA or exit quietly. There’s no confusion.

JIM CRAMER: You treat cost-cutting like an art form. Do you use AI to replace jobs, or is it still mostly joyless manual labor?

HOCK TAN: AI automates the firing, Jim. It drafts the severance emails, schedules the exit interviews, and revokes building access in milliseconds. The algorithm never hesitates. Humans always do.

JIM CRAMER: Incredible. Some CEOs talk about “family.” You talk about “throughput.” How do you reconcile that with modern HR practices?

HOCK TAN: By removing HR. We call it “Human Reduction.” Every quarter we ask: What if this department didn’t exist? Then we find out.

JIM CRAMER: You’ve been compared to Putin—discipline, control, zero tolerance for dissent. Is that fair?

HOCK TAN: Putin has a flag. I have a quarterly earnings call. The principles are similar, but our uniforms are better tailored.

JIM CRAMER: Let’s talk OpenAI. You’re building chips for the future of intelligence—yet some say you’re building a future where people don’t matter. How do you respond?

HOCK TAN: People never mattered, Jim. Compute does. AI doesn’t need weekends, PTO, or hope. It simply scales.

JIM CRAMER: Magnificent. Investors love that level of indifference. Let’s pivot—VMware. After the acquisition, you eliminated entire divisions before lunch. How?

HOCK TAN: Preparation. Each division received a 9 a.m. calendar invite titled “Simplification.” By noon, simplification was complete.

JIM CRAMER: You call this a “secular wave.” Some call it authoritarian efficiency. How big can it get?

HOCK TAN: Imagine every corporation run as a disciplined machine. No small talk, no birthdays, no feelings. That’s ten trillion in productivity. Maybe more if people stop asking questions.

JIM CRAMER: Investors watching at home, that’s the future: cold, efficient, merciless—and profitable. Hock Tan, CEO of Broadcom, destroyer of overhead and hope alike. Thank you for your service.

HOCK TAN: Thank you, Jim. The weak will not scale.

Hey hey! How many have you laid off today!

HT is a cũnt

Great segment. There is indeed a huge difference between "pledging" billions on AI (or 'forecasting' revenue as its provider) -vs- actually spending hard $$ (and receiving it as the provider). Broadcom is the real deal - next 5 will see so much money already contracted - real $$

Cannot type the word Ho-Bo without the dash?

Such a breath of fresh air from a real leader unlike Ho-o CEO and that ilk.