Thread regarding VMware Inc. layoffs

Death of a thousand cuts is just starting.

This reporting change also changed the comp and quota of the teams on that vertical.

We were handcuffed to do anything but take on a number that we could not achieve against by accounting reclassifying the data, therefore our former method of tracking and attaining was gone.....then management turns asking... Why are you not delivering?

We were very perplexed as they had asked us to stop reporting these numbers as we had in historical reporting measures.....then they threw most of us out in the rif and sent the vertical into the chipper.

But the growth numbers looked better in the rewrite to the accounting dept and to the street.

No. Dane Smith sued the company as a whistleblower because Carl & team were overcharging the federal government on software purchases. All that was from 2011 and before. I think VMware settled last year by paying the government $75m and promising not to do it again. Carl got 3 promotions after the lawsuit was initially filed. It's telling that this company rewards unethical behavior. I always laugh when I see Betsy's EPIC presentation.

ex-sales guy sued the company in relation to this already I think somewhere last year. Its hurting us now.

6th rif in 5 years that I know about

not all are publicized

always seems to target the high earners, either the most talented or most seniority

Great post