Nothing here on EMC's board ( link &emc ) - why? Are they hammering just us or is the hammer going to fall over there - they are super bloated and ineffective, they could have made much bigger impact if they were to clean up the house over there - I... — read more 

Nearly 100 employees at VMware Canada are losing their jobs as the company closes its Burlington technical support office as part of worldwide layoffs across the firm. A company spokesperson would not confirm the company move. But Edward Woods, a... — read more 

Bailed a couple of years ago, was not sure if I made a right move but, in light of what transpired today (you guys are all over news today), I think I might have made a right decission. I hate that you have to go through all of this, it was a great... — read more 

Two years ago, the entire groups of Fusion and Workstation QA group were laid off in Palo Alto. The developers stayed at that time. Now the entire groups of Workstation and Fusion in Palo Alto are gone as well today. SAD

We all know that there is a layoff going on right now. My question is: Is there more to come later this year? Is this the only round of layoff in 2016?

The business has been on a downside. There are quite a few old blokes in here. Also heard the cut can be from anywhere in the world and any BU.

For those that were notified today, are they allowing the opportunity to find another position inside VMware?

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/vmwarealumni/info http://tinyurl.com/vmlifeline

Is it any different? I am just curious, really, I have no other use for this info but I always feel like Canadians treat workers better. I might be off on this one, but for some reason, most of bitter comments here come from the States, but at the... — read more 

For those impacted, it seems ServiceNow is hiring VMW vets like crazy.

Many have asked, here it goes: Axed today but will stay an employee until 4/1... At that point they will give me two month payment as severance and I will get 5 more weeks for 5 years I spent here. I've got a grant of 2000 USD to cover Cobra payments... — read more 

Anybody heard anything on any of VMware's outsourced teams???

They have started meeting with folks in Inside Sales/Management - Severance discussed, in line with what was reported earlier last week here... I think they are looking at performance as the key factor in deciding on who to let go, do not have more... — read more 

Also wondering what's the history of Layoffs with SE's. Been here for about a year but not sure how fragile SE's are during layoff time.

Vmware Burlington Canada call center got cut.

I knew I would be the one sacrificed so the blood letting is starting - after 8+ years I got the boot!

New NSA requirements are driving the need to reduce business ties with China. Support centers located in Central Asia will also be shut, with centers shifting to Costa Rica and the Philippines.

Guys be free today. Nothing gonna happen today. I heard from flying bird that RIF will be on Tuesday or Wednesday. at least not today.

...if you get RIF'd today or tomorrow, you won't have to sit through the bullshit "Virtual" Sales Kickoff.

They need the infrastructure to host The Onion and their revival of Sábado Gigante.

They are going to begin eliminating HB1s to prepare for the election of Donald Trump.

To further save costs been hearing that a massive consolidation effort will soon start to move VMware data centers and labs into Dell's current spaces. Not good news for Cambridge and bay area lab staff.

Formatting / TheLayoff Markdown A 'greater than' character (>) at the beginning of a line will indent text... A word that starts AND ends with two asterisks ** will be bold. If you want it in italic, use one * at the begging and end of the word A... — read more 

Plenty of time talented folks were let go in favor of keeping brown nosers. If you're competent and do your job well, and someone else is marginal but better at buttering up middle management, guess who's getting the pink slip? I've seen this happen... — read more 

The whole MSBU in Colorado Springs has there meetings tomorrow at 9:30. About 100 people there will be gone. Nothing to do with performance, it's the whole Dev site.

Good luck, if you do get let go remember it's nothing personal. VMware is simply using your position as chattel to show wall street they are serious about cutting costs as a last ditch effort to bring up the stock price. Take pride knowing your job... — read more