This came out when merge was first announced. Everything seems to be spot on based on what is now unfolding:
“So, first thing to understand is the Broadcom mantra: "We're in the business of making money."
Everything, and I mean everything, comes second to that. All that Hok is doing is done to raise the stock price.
In the end, it will probably around 70% of the workforce being let go. This comes in several stages and it depends on your position / department which bucket you fall into.
Post acquisition there are 3 buckets:
redundancy, transition (redundancy within 1 to 6 months) or stay
Anyone in Marketing, Training, Communication, Administrator or HR (or any other support function) will be let go immediately. Finance and Legal will mostly follow.
Sales will be given new sales targets / commission structure that will make them quit by themselves.
Dev and support will stay on at first but weeded out as well. Anyone in middle management will be cut, they run a very tight ship with no overhead.
Decisions on who stays or goes are final and made by consultants working for BC. If a deal is announced, these plans will already be more or less finalized.
Broadcom is a no frills company with a very flat hierarchy. You get paid well, get stock options and a bonus, but nothing else. There is no culture, no personal development and they do not care about any of the touchy - feely stuff.
Everything will be wound down to the bare minimum, including office space (have fun sitting back to back like 1980's IBM), software and tools being used etc. No fuel cards, company cars or anything like that. Office lunch? Sure if you want to pay for it.
You can make good money if you are lucky and get to stay for a few years, but this is the exception, not the norm.
BC will pay you to do what you are doing now until they no longer need you, and you will be fired without a second thought.”