Who has the money and where does it make the most sense for it land?

Look at all the posts here, this place is a mess! Are any of the products growing? Even with substantial cuts, Hock still needs to make sure the core products keep selling, and more than they have. How does he do that? Just slashing costs isn't... — read more 

New leadership in Corporate has Account Managers uploading all there contacts into SPAM Engine so they can destroy any kind of strategic relationship they have with decision makers and at the same time capture key account contacts before layoffs.

Looks like executive you've never heard of Matt Stepanski will be leaving. But it's fine, because executive you've never heard of John Sabino will be in charge of a bunch of other executives you've never heard of. Good job, Sir! Strong leadership!

I can't wait to see this happen. There is so much pointless middle management at VMware that needs to be shown the door as soon as possible. There are too many people who "have to" give their input when things need to be done that end up contributing... — read more 

Does the UX team fall under R&D (OCTO)? Just wondering what your thoughts are

Why is there a senior sales director with an additional 3-4 directors under them in some segments? Too many hands in the pot.

From https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/vmware_broadcom_research_funding_plan Here is our genius CTO: “He’s also trying to encourage VMware to do more “platform thinking” as it innovates, because today the company’s business units work on... — read more 

Do you think we will hear about our fate in this coming week? I have a feeling that during this coming week and September first week we will know about first round of reorgs and layoffs. Not actual layoffs being happening but at least the... — read more 

My money is on NO as the answer to that question. But how? Maybe they get their buyout as all shares, thereby sidestepping the whole issue. There will be a way, those guys never pay taxes, they always financially engineer a result that benefits... — read more 

Why are some of you trying to convince people to quit? Will you get a bonus or something if you manage to save the company a bunch of money in unpaid severance? Is that what's going on here? I honestly don't understand some of you. How about you just... — read more 

Is there any indication on the VMw>BC salary/package mapping? It seems widely accepted that most VMw roles are elevated by comparison with BC colleagues but are those who survive the coming months likely to experience a drop/rise in package?

Anyone knows what's going to happen with Carbon Black?

Please comment if you knew well.

Is there any chance Broadcom would retain CIO staff? Why is there so much negativity towards CIO?

What did Hoc do with a similar BU at CA?

why no more process is followed, is it due to acquisition? why skipping releases https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workspace-ONE-UEM/services/rn/vmware-workspace-one-intelligent-hub-for-windows-release-notes/index.html

I just got my dream offer to come work for VMware. But now I see all this sh-t with the purchase. It’s so tough because two years ago I would have taken this offer without a second thought. Now I’m trying so hard to decide if it’s worth the risk... — read more 

Rumors say Tanzu is looking good and will be kept. Big interest with customers buying into TAP & Tanzu K8s, strong sales across those products this year. TAS remain the big earner returning $500+ million Y/Y. You're welcome.

Imagine having to look for work at the same time as the other thousands that will be sent packing by Broadcom. If you honestly believe that you'll be cut, then go find a new job right away and quit on your own terms. Severance is great, but it... — read more 

Anyone request to be laid off by a manager and how did that go?

We expect some layers of formal VMW management to vanish when we transition to BC, but will anything happen to the hundreds of project/program "managers" who don't have direct reports? My BU has a revolving door that spits out a steady stream of... — read more 

It isn't a coincidence that Oct 30 was chosen as the date, it aligns with VMWs final pay date so final wages under VMW can be paid out and settled. If the close before that they would have to run an extra payroll cycle between pay periods which... — read more 

Based on what happened with previous acquisition, lots of people guess commercial team will be eliminated. What is your best guess on the commercial team's destiny? Do you think the team will be gone from day 1 or the team will be put on for... — read more 

Stock price is rising and rising, both VMW and AVGO.

Question for those who are working on leaving before the acquisition is finalized: How is the job market right now? I know it went to he-l at one point but I've been hearing good stuff recently and I was hoping to confirm it. I am not planning to... — read more 

He will cut $5 billions and "invest" $2 billions. 1 year and still no details.... The level of opaqueness is worse than communist regime.

Are we still getting H1 bonuses next month?

Is it true if you take the transition package that you don’t get the severance package after? It’s one or the other?

First of all, Octane's speech could have been recorded at any time in the past year. He still talked about the upcoming merger and waiting on regulators! The actual speech was just fluff. Nothing was useful. Nothing was new. His promises to spend... — read more 

I am not. How about others ?

I can't wait to see all the lazy fu--s who managed to avoid being laid off over the years by being kissasses kicked out by Broadcom. Even if I don't make it, I will get enormous pleasure just from knowing that for once, there is no way that their... — read more 

If Broadcom sells pieces of VMware (for example EUC) to Newco. Would Newco be obligated to honor the VMware severance package or would they be free to use whatever package they already have? This question assumes Newco does a lay off of ex-VMware... — read more 

For what I've understood just the US severance package is well documented. Would it be the same for EU too? As far as I know in most countries in EU there is a formal process to go trough for massive layoff which usually include consultation with... — read more 

Okay include Radio in this. Most of the speakers are senior leaders in the company. They earn millions in salary and RSUs. Can’t they afford to hire a speech coach to reduce the accent? I had trouble understanding 75% of the folks during Radio and... — read more 

Received unofficial request if I want to be on the transition team. There is a high dependency on my work in my team and I felt like I might survive the lay off. Was only considered for the transition :-( Don’t think many people in my team got this... — read more 

Broadcom way

Anybody hearing anything different or more specific than what we’ve been seeing thus far?