Thread regarding VMware layoffs

I've been a programmer at AVGO for over 10 years. Not once have I been asked to work late.
Everyone here is top notch and when the project needs more time we all work harder for the team.
If you are level 5 or 6, you will have so many RSU's that you feel like the extra hours are directly benefiting you.
Pride in your work will make you work harder, not management.
That being said, 35 hour weeks are common during slow times. Just get your part done on time and you are good to go.

Here in Spain, since earlier this year we are required to submit monthly time sheets and anything over 40 hours must be compensated back as free time.
Also Spanish law prevents us from working on the weekends, so we are not included in OnCall unlike our UK and Brazilian counterparts.
Worst part are the late Global team meetings at the end of our day, but as this is usually only twice a month, it's doable.

There's a clear corporate wide policy that there is no overtime. Broadcom does not pay extra hours. Therefore, no manager can force someone to work extra hours legally. People do work extra hours sometimes but that's either out of ambition or as an exception, which is rewarded with time off or other means. Most people do their solid 40 hours of productive work then go home and enjoy the high pay :)

Oppressive, boring and constant fear of job loss.

I worked 30 hours in Symantec like most other people. At Broadcom, 35-40 hours are typical. People who tried to continue working 30 hours are not with us anymore. Broadcom pays more, no complains from me.

40 hours / week is expected. We had few projects, where few people work 45-55 hours for few weeks because of commitments / deadlines. They got time back and were rewarded with extra RSUs later. I would say it's fair. It was by their choice. Most people work 40 hours or around that.

I would say there are more people who work 35 hours than 45)

Not an engineer, but came in through an acquisition and am still here years later. Like all jobs, there are busy and slow seasons, but I don’t think working extended hours is normal or expected unless you have some big project due. Yes it’s a start up culture in that budgets are low or non-existent, and you are expected to “make it work” but you also don’t have people’s pet projects or political footballs being thrown around.

Everyone is on the same page with strategy and the work that needs to be done to get there. Echoing what the other employee said, the people that remain are all top talents that just want to get the work done and go home. I would say the work life balance has been better here than other places I’ve been (including my legacy company before AVGO).

I have been with legacy broadcom for many years (15+), SW engineer in US. After AVGO took over. The work actually becomes less stressful. Sure there are many reorg, silent layoff etc, so no one really has job security, but the project is better planned, the co-workers survived are all pretty smart and capable, the marketing and managers seem know more about what they are doing instead of just bull-sh-----g and pushing for unrealistic deadlines.

I have never worked 60+ hr/weeks after AVGO took over, and have NOT heard such requirements. I do occasionally need to work late, over weekend when deadlines are tight, but not too bad. I would say people around me are in similar situations. There might be some teams are extremely busy out there, but I don't think that's the expected normal at company level.

BTW, The pay is much higher than legacy broadcom, don't expect much career or team growth though.