I hear that for the next few rounds of layoffs, will be targeting remote workers.
Has anyone heard similar stories?
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All non-sales WFH positions will be eliminated by EOY. You knew it was coming.
I am a manager and have been explicitly told by my director that eventually all WFH employees will be laid off.
I would welcome a clarity of policy versus this environment of fear and uncertainty.
Shut up and get back to work - HT
Has anyone else remote (>50 miles) considered voluntarily relocating to be in an office? I'd be willing to do that if that is what is necessary to hang on another 1+ year.
Not me personally, but someone connected to my family moved 2 states away (in the U.S.) earlier this year. He was laid off last week. Very honestly, do not treat anything implied to you as a promise. Unless you have it written on paper in some sort of enforceable language, nothing anyone says to you has any weight. As we saw with the promise to keep VMware salaries for 12 months, even if it is written down you may not get what is promised. Don't move for this company. It will probably cost you more in the long run then going unemployed for a while.
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Hiding? My office was shutdown by VMware a couple of months before acquisition closed. Broadcom has provided zero guidance on relocaton. I would welcome a clarity of policy versus this environment of fear and uncertainty.
I really don't know why you all are hiding behind that 50 mile rule - it is meaningless. It can be changed at will.
Remote worker (>50 miles here)... this question has been top of mind for me for obvious reasons.
I kind of doubt that Broadcom will offer any relocation option for remote workers. I suspect that remote workers will always just be more vulnerable in event of layoffs. Eventually only the highest performers in most critical roles will survive.
Has anyone else remote (>50 miles) considered voluntarily relocating to be in an office? I'd be willing to do that if that is what is necessary to hang on another 1+ year. It's a hard decision because that means uprooting my life for a company that has no loyalty. And there's no guarantee one way or the other that will actually make a difference.
KKR will buy the campus. They will want the entire campus and not just half. The campus will be added to the rest of the toxic pile of assets at KKR.
The campus at Palo Alto is on sale. Probably they will move to Texas and force RTO on Palo Alto employees to Austin Texas. That way they can get rid of another 50% of Palo Alto employees. Oracle has moved from Redwood City to Austin Texas and now to Nashville Tennessee. SpaceX and Tesla moved to Austin Texas.
How do you know RTO is an executive strategy to force people out and lamely justify real-estate holdings? It's evident because co-workers on the same team, located in different offices and remote locations globally, are being forced to go to an office where they will sit alone at a desk, with no other team members present. Instead, they find themselves among individuals and teams that don't even interact with each other.
Affected workers will continue to do their jobs exactly as before, remotely, but from an office location, alone. Broadcom's Palo Alto location is currently full of these solitary workers who drive hours to and from work just to sit alone and IM and Zoom with co-workers. It's illogical. It's stupid. It's absurd. Imagine what customers think about a technology company in the modern world that doesn't use technology to connect its employees and instead forces them into an office — it's archaic. A market leader would be shuttering their brick and mortar costly anchors and going remote.
I was remote and a top performer (no lies). I was let go ruthlessly. I was not given an option to RTO. All remote employees will be laid off.
Wen lambo?
Why layoff when you can RTO?
Broadcom is going to pull every lever they have to force employees out before pulling the trigger on an actual large layoff. 'Return to Office', which in this case is a form of unethical constructive dismissal, is one way they can get to their reduced workforce goal. Broadcom will likely create many additional oppressive rules in the short term as they work to achieve their reduced workforce goal, such as mandatory time in office, poor performance reviews given out, reduced bonus/benefits, etc. Bad employers will often reduce workforce size through oppressive tactics so that they don't have to report high layoff numbers to the government (WARN Act in the US) or provide severance. Never forget the executives that run Broadcom do not care about you regardless of what they might tell you. You are an asset to be acquired and disposed of as needed. They will dispose of you in the cr-ppiest way possible at times.
KKR has told our leaders that they want everyone back-in-office 3 days per week. The intent is to encourage more Omnissa employees to leave without paying severance costs.
Several team members want the four months' salary + medical benefits severance. So they will go to the office as required hoping they'll be cut. Managers are compiling the list for the next layoff across the company.
They have to undo a lot of the western culture. DEI, ESG and WFH etc. My friends joined Huawei and they were forced to take an afternoon nap after lunch. The western elites are pi-ping their high paid workforce to the Chinese. The Chinese are pi-ping their low cost workforce to the west. The barter is mutual.
They can only fire so many people every quarter. The separation costs are too high. Everyone will get their turn. Every dog has his day.
Remote employees have been officially granted the WFH, and they are out of the badging process.
At least for my BU, this is completely false. WFH (anyone listed as Remote Office in workday) are in a state of limbo and HR will provide no official statements for long term status. BU leaders can't even get an official statement regarding these employees.
Rumor has been that WFH employees are going to be assigned to an office (based on HR/Hock Tan's desire to reduce number of locations for BUs/products) and told they must report there. If they're lucky, they may get the option to take severance instead (like the first round of RTO), but leadership seems unsure about that.
There is a diversity leadership presentation scheduled. I think diversity is going to get hit next. Bait and switch. There was a lot of noise about SDE and SDE got hit bad.
Most folks in Sofia office, come in badge and leave in 10 min. How is this going to justify it lol. HT would be clown if this is the way to measure it.
Why would they do that when they can just force them to RTO?
Because thousands of employees don't live within 50 miles of an office?
It’s all a number on a spreadsheet, no one is safe and nothing you can do about it. Make sure resume up to date and you have cash in savings! Good luck everybody!
So far, the layoffs are all based on roles or job functions, not because someone has remote status. Remote employees have been officially granted the WFH, and they are out of the badging process. People who are supposed to be RTO but are not, are at risk.
Why would they do that when they can just force them to RTO?
That's an ongoing rumor since before the acquisition. No credible news. Just continuing the rumor.
Most sales people are remote, so doubt that’s the case at least for sales.