Broadcom way
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“SMH People aren’t making stuff up. They said “unofficial”. They’re just being given a heads up which is generous in my opinion. The September 1st or August 31st is a heads up with the October 30th letter being the formality.”
I totally agree and it is not new for big companies doing mass layoffs taking this approach of notifying well in advance of the actual layoff. The Warn act period doesn’t kickoff with these kind of notices since these are not lay off notices. I had signed paperwork before that mentions a future layoff date which was more than a month away.
SMH People aren’t making stuff up. They said “unofficial”. They’re just being given a heads up which is generous in my opinion. The September 1st or August 31st is a heads up with the October 30th letter being the formality.
"I have been with VMware for 12 years including many in management and never once have I seen someone given the opportunity to stay for the two-month WARN period. You are out the door right away and then on the payroll for the 60 days required and then you get severance (if any) past that in a lump sum."
Correct and that's why people are making up stuff here. Supposed we are told on August 31st that we are going to be let go AND the clock of the WARN starts ticking, that's an official announcement of layoff by VMware. VMware cannot do massive layoffs since they have not warned the proper channels and it's Broadcom that will make the layoffs. If VMware announces on Broadcom's behalf BEFORE the deal is officially closed, that will send off massive red flags all across the board and it's probably illegal.
So my understanding is that supposing the deal is closed on October 31st, and Broadcom is ready to go on the first layoffs round, that's when the 4 months clock starts ticking, not in August, unless the deal closes on August 31st.
"BC might, but you're being fired by VMW "
I have been with VMware for 12 years including many in management and never once have I seen someone given the opportunity to stay for the two-month WARN period. You are out the door right away and then on the payroll for the 60 days required and then you get severance (if any) past that in a lump sum.
I was expecting that what might happen is you get told you’re laid off or going to be laid off in 2 months. You are on payroll for 2 months you can work if you want. That is what I was thinking we would get for warn. And then after the 2 months. 1 week per year of severance.
BC will try to put many on a Performance Plan, as a way to limit making severance payments. They've done this before at CA, Symantec and the other acquired companies
Broadcom ceo is a chinese penny pinching guy.
Wrong. He's a Taiwanese penny pinching guy.
BC might, but you're being fired by VMW
Broadcom ceo is a chinese penny pinching guy. Dont expect a good severance
nah
That is exactly how it works.
Not sure it works like that