This is of course, good for the BC-Vmware merger.

Anyone have an insight of what is going on in Tanzu?

Voluntarily out. Entire office of cto for EUC broke up and spread out to engineering, Product mgmt and product marketing. Really? They couldn't even get him to stay for the acquisition.

Constant talk about DEI in the company. However, not sure if the company is applying that in their hiring practices. Most teams in Palo Alto have POC - People of One Color and People from One Country Anyone else notice this?

What makes better sense is to flatten the management level. Google and Facebook are doing it. Why would a company paying so much more on inflated salary and titles to have so many senior executives and senior managers managing little managers and... — read more 

From what I can see, the company is about to post good results and beat estimates. Alternately, VMware has a consensus EPS Estimate of $1.96, which is -3.0% year over year. I'll be honest, once we're officially acquired, it'll be nice to once... — read more 

Is it happening this year?

Has anyone noticed the employee reviews on glassdoor over the past few months? It looks like all of the sudden there are MANY positive reviews being posted by "employees". The interesting thing is that the description and the content does not offer... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3942531-vmware-slowing-growth-broadcom-deal-hangs-in-wind

Who wants to play? Overhead roles: Anything not tied to revenue. DEI: definitely Most VPs and above: yep. StRaTegY: for sure Other suggestions?

The deal is over. Both EU and US regulators are against the deal. As much as I'd love for this to be true, I hope people don't truly believe cr-p like this. The deal is as good as done and the only issue is when it will be finalized. Don't get your... — read more 

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/vmware-vmw-to-report-q4-earnings:-whats-in-the-cards-0

https://www.fool.com/investing/2023/02/27/broadcoms-acquisition-of-vmware-at-risk/ Big regulatory risk. Expecting the deal might be approved in second half of BC's fiscal year. Watch the vid for full details.

I doubt if there's any SE could get more silent FU than this dude did by asking a single question. There are more chances he could get an answer if this was asked in a global all hands instead of APJ.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/eu-antitrust-regulators-set-warn-broadcom-61-bln-vmware-deal-sources-2023-02-27/ Or it's just another noop?

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/broadcoms-top-lawyer-gets-90-pay-boost-following-promotion Oh good, someone did… Simply amazing.

According to ComputerWorld. Link below. With tongue in cheek I firmly congratulate VMware on this accomplishment! https://www.computerworld.com/article/3681081/best-places-to-work-in-it-2023.html?utm_campaign=organic&page=2

Companies can no longer silence laid-off employees in exchange for severance But the National Labor Relations Board this week put employers on notice that they can no longer silence laid-off employees in two very specific ways that the board says... — read more 

which other BU's have started as well ?

Why isn't anyone using Hyper-V?

States where employers are having a harder time filling jobs: Alaska West Virginia Louisiana Montana Iowa South Carolina New Mexico Virginia Tennessee North Dakota States where employers are... — read more 

https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Broadcom-VMware-extend-merger-date-until-May-2024/59492255

From https://mergerarbitragelimited.com/finance-and-investment-glossary/outside-date/ _The outside date is a date where both parties have agreed in advance that if the merger or acquisition has not yet completed either side can terminate the merger... — read more 

The conversation these days is that EUC will soon be operating on its own within VMWare while focusing on only the main accounts. The writing is on the wall that EUC is being spun off in the near future, perhaps sooner then one could expect... — read more 

Simple question, which BU do you think is the most horribly run?

Any idea what is happening in this meeting?

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/eu-regulators-set-new-june-7-deadline-broadcom-vmware-deal-2023-02-15/ EU antitrust regulators have resumed their investigation into Broadcom's $61 billion bid for cloud computing company VMware and will decide... — read more 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-im-resigning-from-the-ftc-commissioner-ftc-lina-khan-regulation-rule-violation-antitrust-339f115d Commissioner Wilson says that her decision to resign arises out of FTC Chair Lina Khan’s “disregard for the rule of... — read more 

Nothing I read here tracks with my experience working for the company, private discussions with coworkers, internal announcements, or facts I’ve verified internally. Nearly everything here is a massive exaggeration of tiny events. Retaining a... — read more 

The pool went dried in just a weekend. All I wanted is to get reimbursement for my PMI badge.

Which of the two would be worse for us and the company?

I heard core got given their new territories and not much changed. Any news on new sales structure in other BUs? It seems like multiple BUs talked of spinning off but are going to end up aligning to core.

Take a look: https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/10/vmware_turns_25/?td=rt-3a

I left VMware because I felt that I came to a dead end. Does not mean I still don’t think it is something special. Please don’t loose sight. VMware customers still believe in VMware. Who knows how this will end, but please don’t forget those who... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3934887-vmw-stock-drops-on-report-ftc-talking-to-third-parties-in-broadcom-deal-review

Any Takeaways from today

Almost a third of current VMW employees are "Open to work" on LinkedIn. If you add those that are looking but haven't changed their profile, you're probably at about half the company searching. If thats not a clear indication what employees think, I... — read more 

I hope Hoc is enjoying this fun event, how many mangrove trees will he commit to planting for us in the ecosystem next year?

Large EUC town hall yesterday prioritizing autonomy and EUC running EUC only deals. EUC account segmentation will be different than the Core. Core is prioritizing top 2000+ VMW spend accounts, EUC is prioritizing top 2000+ EUC spend accounts. So... — read more 

Thank God for Hoc. Otherwise, VMware would be having one too. Atleast we've kicked the can down the road with Hoc. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-06/dell-dell-lays-off-about-6-650-employees-in-latest-tech-cuts