It's an old promise from 2012 by former CEO Pat G. Instead of delivering, he went to bloat the company and gave up to public cloud. One of the D-MBEST but KINDNESS tech CEO

Everyone is subject to termination at any time in the name of profits. Don't you people listen to HT? He tells you that quarterly. The way it has worked for years now is that acquired customers will be bled until they can't and then Broadcom will... — read more 

For those who already received the call invite - I hope you all end up happier, with better jobs and better pay.

Just got this meeting invite tomorrow morning 9:30 am in US. People say it's the layoff call. Does anyone else get this meeting invite? What kind of severance package can I expect.

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EBITDA is now around $11 b per year. Far higher than pre Broadcom. Pat and Raghu are responsible for the low valuation, ki-ling a company in a EPIC way.

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I can see the kind of mess you all landed in, while I’m here in a smaller company with job security, good pay, and amazing benefits. When I was laid off, I thought my life was ending but it turned out so much better than I ever expected. Sometimes I... — read more 

Anyone heard about massive layoffs this week within Engineering? Hearing lots of software engineers being let go?

It appears that the planned acquisition is widely unpopular. All-hands meetings have been canceled multiple times, and communication remains unclear. There’s talk of a 50% reduction in workforce, and those who remain are facing a 40% pay cut... — read more 

30 minutes invite, something is going on. Anyone?

Remember how they were so very far under the old "line of doom?" So we are to believe that Cork office, which had the worst attendance in all of VMW, rose to a cry of "Erin go Braugh!" and all decided to pitch in and start going into the... — read more 

How many people from VMware are still standing? Is there a way to find out?

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there have been some layoffs in Tanzu today.. hearing that services, r&d, and sales may be affected. Anyone here affected or know any other info? Had a feeling this was coming

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Thoughts?

During my recent visit to office heard few managers and closed discussions happening at site level as the shares have fallen and we are asked to run the show till dooms day(sep 2025). We are highest cost center in BC world and sh*T is about to get... — read more 

Folks who are rated 1 or 2, and are working from office, but not a "VCF core office", and are not willing to relocate to a "VCF core office" will be let go soon (May-June). This headcount will be used to save those who were rated 3 and were actually... — read more 

Just one month away !!!

I wonder if the administrator hates Broadcom, and loves Trump. Manipulating vote counts would be trival for the admin / owner of the site. Also, the administrator has the ability to ban people by IP, so the person posting all the drivel could have... — read more 

Can employees expect further US tariff driven layoffs due to Brcm continuing to lose significant chunk of market valuation ?

If citizens short sell stocks but also install an elected official guaranteed to send the market downward, does that count as an insider trading scam?

Innovation

Any updates?

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/28/arrow_vmware_licensing_change/ Potential changes coming to increase the minimum core count from 16 to 72? Seems like a way to get rid of more small customers and subsequently more employees.

Any update of layoffs today?

Big news on Velo coming soon. Stay tuned.

Some cuts happening in Italy right now.

0 will be out soon good timing

I'm still seeing many posts from PSO people wondering if they're next, what's coming, will there be more layoffs, etc. I was a senior leader who left BC last year, but who was heavily involved with PSO strategy including being part of the BC... — read more 

Heard that this time it’s India PSO’s turn for layoffs? Next week or may be in april??

Will there be layoffs in other teams in March? PSO or other?

Helps a lot to pay for mortgage and ageing parents support.

It is expected that layoffs within the SDE team will take place in the near future. Those impacted are likely to include individuals from both management and other teams who have been identified as inefficient, lacking technical proficiency, and... — read more 

In fact, a lot of things happened in the past few days, but nothing is mentioned here. And the news mentioned here are all rumors！

It's official Cork is gone If you didn't get an email yet it will come in time, all managers are aware of this and currently getting ready to break the news