Hock at work to stop criticism.

Is here somebody from Prague? It seems to me that the clima in the office has changed significantly over the past year. Much less stocks, layoffs, functional and product managers doing job of multiple people, reduction of scrum masters, hiring... — read more 

Tell me what changed with these General Managers — Art, Rob, and now Jason. Each of them came up with strategies to buy time, collect more RSUs, and let their teams suffer, leading to layoffs. Hock being Hock — they’ve all managed to manipulate him... — read more 

According to an internal source, the ROI from the aggregator model isn’t improving. It’s actually getting worse by the day. Brace yourselves.

You knew it was coming. "play the game" is absolutely the approach. it's called Rest & Vest, many of us do it here and reaping the rewards... lmfao.

It looks like 2 year grant has been given. e Current year grant Second year grant. Can you please share the gradewise count. We are hearing mixed bag.

VMware's employees. The developer of virtualization software currently has around 16,000 employees. This was reported by the US business magazine Business Insider. At the beginning of 2023, there were still more than 38,000 employees. While the share... — read more 

“Many at ESG/CB are simply committing AI generated shitcode in order to drive up line counts, since that seems to be the only measure of productivity.”

anyone know what day the refresher RSUs are supposed to show up?

since day one the new administration has been clear about them having 2 key priorities... cutting gov spending and modernizing fed IT systems . they want a smarter government not just a bigger one (that's what they say, we'll see what they mean). At... — read more 

Ugh, here we go again. First, they start creeping into the EDR space like they own the place, and now this? Carbon Black, don’t cross your limits! Are you guys seriously trying to take over Symantec? We all saw the writing on the wall when VMware... — read more 

https://www.broadcom.com/blog/for-cost-and-mission-effective-federal-it-modernization-go-private

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/03/03/tsmc-to-announce-100-billion-investment-in-us-chip-plants.html

China/AI/Trump ki-ling it....inevitably leads to cuts.

Folks, It's a sad day, the ratings for Broadcom threads have been deleted. I checked other companies on the site. They are fine. What gives?

Apple ditches Broadcom -- Wifi Chips https://wallstreetpit.com/124256-apple-ditches-broadcom-in-house-wi-fi-chips-incoming/

ESG is expected to conduct another round of layoffs around March. Those affected will not receive RSU refreshers this time. Please stay tuned for updates, and feel free to share if your team is impacted.

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Broadcom Weighs Possible Deal for Intel’s Chip-Design Unit: WSJ https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/broadcom-weighs-possible-deal-intel-023858179.html

Or at least Altera inside 😀

I see many BUs are under doom line, and also restructuring in vmw acquisition. What had happened historically if Broadcom sell off a business unit. Do they vest at least 1 year pending RSUs immediately? Appreciate a proper response, as it would... — read more 

I thought they were legends in the Cybersecurity space. Enlighten me, please.

I received my "RTO offer" via DocuSign yesterday. Either move 280 miles to work from the nearest office, or receive a severance package. The decision is a no-brainer. None of my coworkers are in the same region, much less country. Working from an... — read more 

I’m worried now.

Symantec’s performance under Broadcom is raising red flags among investors as the division continues to bleed money. Once a dominant force in enterprise security, Symantec is now losing major A-list customers. Rather than retaining its stronghold in... — read more 

Seeing so many people still around from Symantec who don't even seem to be doing anything. Implementing bad or ill-dated processes. And adding corporate bureaucracy and red tape. Broadcom needs to get rid of ESG and all Symantec lifers. All in... — read more 

Pls share your thoughts…..

"With Symantec and Carbon Black leading the way, we’re making enterprise-grade security a reality for every organization—because everyone deserves world-class protection. That’s why together, we’re going to make this year legendary." source:... — read more 

Oh dear, my RSUs have is now worth 30% less. China, China, China

Oh dear.

Any idea ?

“Before you gloat, take the following into consideration: some of us (e.g., yours truly) have, after leaving Broadcom, have landed into Infosec roles where we may be in a position to choose between CB and their competitors” Will you choose CB ?

10 people were fired today in Prague's R&D hub. Any news from elsewhere?

Hock at the booth whips out an oversized laser pointer with unnecessary RGB lighting… “let us examine our destiny." Points to glowing red line spanning the slide labeled: THRESHOLD OF PROFITABILITY (LINE OF DOOM™) Hmmmmmmmm... aggressively circles... — read more