Thread regarding VMware layoffs

4000 Carbon Black Layoffs

Frontline Managers, Reps, etc. 4000 CB impacted

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Post ID: @OP+1mb9wc41

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Maybe a looming asset sale? The buyer wouldn’t want that much overhead.

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Post ID: @1vpl+1mb9wc41

I'm not answering my phone, so the numbers could be skewed

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Post ID: @1xfj+1mb9wc41

How many phone calls can you make in a day. I’d guess a hundred max got axed.

Remember, just focus on the main thing…😂

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Post ID: @png+1mb9wc41

Do we know the count of folks affected ?

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Post ID: @kgz+1mb9wc41

There was no email. Everyone got a phone call. Majority of the layoffs were at Carbon Black. For sure the US region was effected. I don't know about the other regions.

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Post ID: @aep+1mb9wc41

Can someone post the relevant email that was sent out please?

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Post ID: @tln+1mb9wc41

What geo was mostly impacted? hearing conflicting information. But man unfortunately this is calm before the storm....

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Post ID: @jly+1mb9wc41

I'm not sure if the 4k number (could be company wide)

More than 50% of the Salesforce and all of the sales and SE managers were let go.

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Post ID: @dkt+1mb9wc41

Update to original message- the message those impacted received from leadership was that 3-4k employees across VMW (not CB) were impacted. As far as I know, all inside sales managers were let go.

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Post ID: @cii+1mb9wc41

Where did you hear this and when will this start?

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Post ID: @xfm+1mb9wc41

There's discussions on blind.

Large layoffs in CB Sales, and Sales only.

4k is BS, but there's a large number at least.

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Post ID: @wob+1mb9wc41

As CB was bragging they would be spun off in Feb, it would be interesting. But yea, numbers don’t line up. Nice try.

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Post ID: @est+1mb9wc41

huh makes no sense, BS

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Post ID: @dbh+1mb9wc41

Yeah 4k employees is more than the number of employees in the entire BU so BS

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Post ID: @pdv+1mb9wc41

Largely across inside sales so far, not sure about field

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Post ID: @pbj+1mb9wc41

4000? That's more than the entire business unit.

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Post ID: @ysi+1mb9wc41

Whatttt ???

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