yeah in a way that is true, working on a age (decades) old software and trying to catch up matching leanings - i do not that makes a scene
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Because we'll have to keep on working with the same sh-- software as before. Many of us who work for CA don't like it and are only sticking around for a severance check. A permanent offer from broadcom means no big fat check.
Why is it bad working for Broadcom? I do not understand the logic...
It is good if you are selected to stay. It will mean you are contributing with a viable money-making product, or a common service (still Islandia?) that supports those products. You will continue with your money-making product without Bike Boy laying off your co-workers in an attempt to show that he improved profit margins (short term) in the company's most money making product line.
Best of luck to those who are leaving. Hopefully there will continue to be a strong economy during your job search.
Best: Get laid off, enjoy holidays and get a new job.
Bad: Transition.
Worse: Get offer from Broadcom
Worst: Get offer from Broadcom and get assigned a role you dont like and forced to leave.
Worster(?): Get offer from Broadcom and get sold to a small company and bankrupt.
Worstest(?): Get offer from Broadcom and Donald Trump cancels acquisition.
Maybe it was Tan Hock that tipped Sen. Rand to review the acquisition.
Probably he reallized CA was sh--tier than what he anticipated and he wants to call it off without losing money.
Very few companies are going to hire in Nov for a Jan/Feb start date due to the way fiscal quarters line up. But I agree you should at least be looking. There's a risk in jumping ship too soon as well though.
Anyone who still needs to start looking for another job now is pretty stupid in the first place. Should have started to work on a backup plan as soon as the acquisition was announced, you could and should have known what was coming! Just take a look at earlier Broadcom acquisitions.
Colleagues who done exactly that are in a great position:
Best outcome: get thrown out, receive a nice package and then start working at your new employer in Dec/Jan/Feb or at least are well underway to sign somewhere else.
Second best outcome: You get offered a transition role, which allows you to make some very decent money while buying you a nice amount of time to find yourself a new job.
Worst outcome: get a permanent job at Broadcom. Which still has some good sides I reckon: you keep the same perks it seems, you still have a job (for now) and maybe in the end it isn't as bad as we all expect it to be.
Anyone who just sat on their a** since the announcement and is still waiting for what will happen: best of luck!
Hoping for retention/transition because don't want to look for a job before the holidays! No one hires until Feb/March.
If they offer continuity you don't get a nice severance check. I can easily get a new job. But if I got laid off and got a severance and got a new job right away that's a mini lottery ticket.
I think it very much depends on each person circumstances
Why if they offer you continuity in your work, would it be bad luck?
Best luck: transition assignment
Good luck: laid off
Bad luck: permanent offer