I received an offer to work at Broadcom if the acquisition goes through. I was instructed, like everyone who received an offer, to resign from VMW within 3 days of receiving my Broadcom offer if I wanted to receive a severance package from VMW. I went ahead and resigned - now what happens?
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The offer letter said to reply to "resign@broadcom.com" so any correspondence did not go to VMware (though I CC:d my manager to have a witness. We were asked to reply with our personal email and employee ID. I put "declining offer" in the subject like. I never made a statement to the effects that I was resigning. I guess that's all a little paranoid. Inasmuch as they sent me the wrong Manager's name, a job title with no description and a vague demand that I show up daily at an office 50 miles away (to attend Zoom calls) after 28 years of working from home, I'm a little worried about their competence.
Typical AVGO, it's as clear as mud and somewhat open to interpretation.
Best of luck deciding confidently that you make the right choice.
If you handed in your resignation to VMware, please rescind it! If you handed it to broadcom, just ignore!
You did not resign from VMware, but rejected a conditional offer from a party that is not your employer. You still work at VMware
Until the deal closes, nothing will happen. Because you don’t work for Broadcom yet.
Then you’ll get severance and you won’t have a job. Because you declined the offer to work for Broadcom.
If Broadcom is acquiring VMware, then don't the employees of VMware automatically become Broadcom employees once the deal goes through. Then Broadcom can layoff whomever they want. So I don't understand what's with the "offer" letter?
if your boss also got an offer they know if you declined
There’s update on the Broadcom portal. It says it’s only valid if the merge goes through.
Just don’t tell your boss and you’re good.
Nothing because the deal did not close . the deal is legally binding between you and broadcom provided they are the legal owners, which they are not. So you go to work as normal and enjoy your job like you do every day.