How worried should we be?
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“ If I don't get laid off in my 1:1 today, I'll be very disappointed .”
Well what happened?!
The suspense is ki-ling me
Next round will be a good mix of those that refuse to return to office. Maybe time to rent a room if you plan to stay employed Mr. VCF
VCF engineers get it next week. Don't be fooled.
This is totally wrong. Vcf engineers will get affected next spring
I pray you're right get me out of here
VCF engineers get it next week. Don't be fooled.
If I don't get laid off in my 1:1 today, I'll be very disappointed .
(Looks up at the heavens, crying 'please please let it be me this time!')
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Bizarre.
Only sales and services got hit it seems like.. no engineers..
Confirmed. VCF engineers are safe till next spring.
I’d say about 30% of strategic sales is gone
Should be 50%
With a few SKUs and being a dr-g dealer , frankly why do you need any “strategic sales”. Customers can read the price list. They don’t need to be wined and dined.
Pay up or F off - this is the way.
I’d say about 30% of strategic sales is gone
Lots of layoffs today. Folks that I have known for a long while, and some not so long.
The misery index here is very high.
People making light of the situation are heartless A**Hats.
PLEASE RELEASE ME.................
LET ME GO..............
Public sector hit hard.
Only sales and services got hit it seems like.. no engineers..
My manager in Professional Services is affected.
Sales team is getting Hock Smashed tomorrow. Happy Halloween!
We have too much sales/marketing people.
Sales
It’s happening I will share the news when I find out tomorrow! It’s been real!
Are you engineer or sales?
Just got a meeting invite with my manager for tomorrow. It's been fun.
Sales team is getting Hock Smashed tomorrow. Happy Halloween!
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March is the Month for VCF
VCF will be hit hard.
No, that's not true.
Not this week. It's always next week. Keep repeating
No layoff this year
Because it’s an abnormal company
why is this a reoccurring question?
I agree -- It's not a matter of "if" but "when" will it happen.
Our time as employees is over. VMware customers also head for the exit.
No need to worry. Just consider yourself already fired and it makes everything else easier. It's not a matter or "if" but "when" will it happen. Save money and enjoy the vacation when it comes :)
When R@g00 let HR take over the company and tell him what policies needed to be pushed on the entire company, that was the beginning of the end
I'm guessing Pat knew this was coming and got the heck out but meanwhile you know who was all fine with it
told you a zillion times, it’s 6999 > It is 6998. You will be fired soon. Vote wisely with your common sense. Think about grocery and gas prices. Cackling lady will ruin USA along with deep state. This is your last chance to save America from left and woke evils. Don't want trans playing in woman's sports. Newscum will rig the elections in CA anyways.
Employees count has to come down to 7K.
You di--o, told you a zillion times, it’s 6999. Stop counting yourself in.
Very worried; the cuts will be widespread and significant. The initial two posts below in this thread are spot-on.
Some sort of re-org notice going out Thursday or Thursday night (Happy Halloween!), then individual notices going out on Friday.
Come March, if you're still standing, lather, rinse and repeat.
If you are one of those ramp walking impeccably dressed model whose perfume hits the entire campus, then you are definitely fine.
There used to be a time when tech people used to wear the same t-shirt and jeans day in and day out. The tech industry has hit the doom loop. This is just the blow off top before the deaaath spiral.
The job market is horrible for a time when there is a tech bubble in stocks. People who have 500k jobs one day are seriously looking at homelessness in the next few months.
There is a lot of cognitive dissonance and revenge spending and doom spending.
If your VP is same, and everything else changed, then you are in Cat 1 danger.
If your VP and Sr. Directah is same but everything else changed then you are in Cat 2 danger.
If your VP, Sr. Directah and Directah is same then Cat 3
If your VP, Sr. Directah, Directah and Sr Mgr is same then Cat 4
If your VP, Sr. Directah, Directah and Sr Mgr and Mgr is same then you are Cat 5. Please tatoo your SSN so that we can identify you after your jump off the Golden Gate Bridge.
BC is a soulless company. Workers waiting for RSUs to vest. Vote wisely with your common sense. Think about grocery and gas prices. Cackling lady will ruin USA along with deep state. This is your last chance to save America from left and woke evils. Don't want trans playing in woman's sports. Newscum will rig the elections in CA anyways.
This is the way! Rinse and Repeat. Constant reductions in force. It will never be over.
This person is from Broadcom hardware/CA/Symantec team? There are a bunch of them here who have nothing else but such random comments.
I am sure the AI bubble will crash the first week of November and these idyaaats become homeless.
does anyone know the actual count without the political dribble?
I heard from people who talked to a leader very high up in the command chain that the philosophy is to cut 90% and see what breaks. Then they add some contractors as needed.
So, look around and see how many of your pre-acquistion team is still around. If you can count 9 out of ten who are cut in your team, then you are ok. They can't cut 90% in one quarter. That is too expensive. They are already repatriating the Intellectual Property related tax avoidance money to pay the debt. The debt is already too high.
I hope so. There are still quite a few people I know that don’t deserve a job and should get cut.
When Your Neighbor Turns You In
Authoritarian societies depend on people ratting each other out for activities that were recently legal—and it’s already happening in the US.
Send your feedback to the high caste leaders. May be name some names here. The leaders are monitoring this forum.
This is the way! Rinse and Repeat. Constant reductions in force. It will never be over.