It is finally here. Despite I am very glad to have chosen to leave and decline the offer letter, reading the document they sent us is disturbing.
I personally experienced racial discrimination. I also observed favoritism at VMware by many managers throughout the year. Many of us spoke up with no outcome.
It is absurd that I need to sign this to get my severance. But hey, why should I care? The company will pay the price for the decisions they make. All the s-xist, racist managers who continued their jobs with Broadcom are already exposed, and Broadcom supports them.
Quote:
following the Separation
Date, Employee has not made, and agrees not to make, directly or indirectly, any
statements, orally or in writing, to any person, the public, the press or the media that would
portray any Releasee in an adverse light or cause injury to any Releasee. Notwithstanding
any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Employee acknowledges that Employee is
not in any way prohibited or precluded from (a) providing truthful testimony in response to a
valid subpoena, court order, regulatory request or other judicial, administrative or legal
process or otherwise as required by law; (b) providing truthful information to any
governmental, regulatory or administrative agency; (c) providing truthful information
pursuant to any legally protected whistleblower rights (including under Rule 21F under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934); (d) disclosing factual information related to (i) s-xual
as--ult, (ii) unlawful harassment, (iii) failure to prevent s-xual as--ult or unlawful
harassment, (iv) unlawful discrimination, or (v) other violations of law that Employee has
reason to believe to have occurred in the workplace; (e) exercising Employee’s rights (if
applicable) or engaging in other concerted activities protected under Section 7 of the
National Labor Relations Act; or (f) making other disclosures protected by applicable law
(collectively, “Permitted Disclosures”). Employee further understands that a “Permitted
Disclosure” does not include the disclosure of any Company or Releasee attorney-client
privileged communications, and that any such disclosure without the Company’s written
consent shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement.