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whole team is going under as some changes in leadership are expected. next week is going to be ugly. talks already started of Sofia,Bulgaria; Bangalore,India; Burlington, MA next up is palo alto
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VMware vCloud Air
Some might say VMware recognized the threat levied against them by public cloud far too late; similar to Cisco, VMware's core business is not aligned with customers who want to move workloads to public cloud providers. More public cloud workloads =...
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And there goes vCloud Air
Makes you wonder if VirtZilla is even relevant in today's day and age
Bloody Monday is here again
Are you all prepared for the bloody Monday again. 1500 total RIF announced
Not a stable company to work
Welcome to the great Vmware Layoff carnival, celebrated every year in the month of January, where competent engineers and managers who have groomed and nurtured teams are unceremoniously given the boot. Vmware believes in indiscriminately and...
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are there going to be ayoffs tomorrow in Palo Alto?
Seems like today was business as usual in Palo Alto. Is this the calm before the storm, or are we out of the woods?
Knowledgebase team hit hard today. Both blogs are done. KB Digest & Support Insider. Social media team wiped out. KBTV. The KB is going bye bye
The death spiral continues..
Axe is falling in Atlanta
Here we go
Here We Go!
Layoffs happening in Cambridge as we speak. No one is safe . So ugly.
VMware Layoffs 2017
When will my job be safe? Never - never never! Right, that's our modern capitalism - that's probably why there are rumors about layoffs in Palo Alto.
Another quarter, another layoff?
I just got shown the door along(normal layoff) with some others in my team but I don't hear much from around the company. Is it just us?
What package/base salary for 3+ year experience Software Engineer at VMware?
Hello everyone. I'm a Software engineer with 3+ years full-time work experience in industry making 110k per year in base salary as of now. I interviewed at VMware for MTS position in Palo Alto recently and I got a verbal confirmation from the...
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This site has gotten full of absolute crap...
This site used to be reliable. In uncertain times it provided true answers and accurate information. Unfortunately this has turned into a pissing ground for either disgruntled employees or competition. -VMware has had its tough times. However Q2 has...
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Just got VMWare offer
I just got offer though the package is not attempting. It basically just same as what I have earned in my current company. The rank is Staff I. Is there Staff II, III and until what next to Principle? I was surprised how the small the team (6 in PA 6...
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I have heard the latest round of layoffs started today. this is now a standard event before earnings come out each quarter.
post any information if you have it
No appreciation for a sincere employee
Joined as a contract employe. Worked for 1 year At the end of the year asked my manager for feedback and when ill be made permanent. The response i got was dont worry it will happen. My metrics were all upto the mark There were 4 ppl who joined with...
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The hired me back with a 45% raise, and then fired me because i earned too much
Had to write this since a long time. I had got the F out of VMware in 2014 after 10 yrs. 3 months after leaving, VMware starts to call me back, and i say NO. And then they start calling me once a week. Anyways at some point they offered me 45% more...
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rumors are out again.. who has heard what?
I recently overheard some senior directors for a list of under performers and overpaid employees. There are some closed doors meetings going on in Palo Alto. One reliable source said, "Engineering is going to be affected the most & talks of...
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VMware braces for another round of layoffs, starting June 1.
VMware (VMW) and EMC(EMC) are slimming down as they prepare for their impending acquisition by Dell, which has also been cutting costs. Many of the top execs are leaving Dell amidst the rumors of change in strategy and direction the group together...
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wow
http://www.crn.com/news/virtualization/300080656/sources-ceo-gelsinger-to-step-down-after-dell-emc-deal-closes-vmware-issues-denial.htm
Layoffs and biased promotion
The layoffs are/ may be company requirements for now based on business M&A etc. and hence revised needs to survive. But playing corporate politics and shaming and sacking so many respectable directors with unjustified reasons with some gossip mongers...
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Dell looking at higher debt mountain to buy EMC
Product overlap reduction cost-cutting possibility could be top-of-mind post-acquisition http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/22/dell_looking_at_higher_debt_mountain_to_buy_emc/
EVP Bill Fathers leaving VMWare. http://fortune.com/2016/04/27/exclusive-vmware-cloud-chief-exits/
http://fortune.com/2016/04/27/exclusive-vmware-cloud-chief-exits/
Intel Lays Off 12,000 After Seeking Visas to Import 14,523 Foreign Professionals Since 2010
Technology giant Intel announced April 19 it will fire 12,000 skilled U.S.-based professionals — after already swelling its workforce with 14,523 requests in Washington D.C. since 2010 for visas to import foreign professionals through the...
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Fears grow over the size of Dell’s debt once EMC acquisition goes through
Major layoffs coming. Dell may be faced with paying “at least” ten percent interest in order to sell $9 billion worth of unsecured junk bonds in order to finance the takeover...
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Cark, Oireland office looking for NSX support and management
http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/vmware-maintains-cork-growth-as-it-adds-40-jobs-1.2610526 Good news for the (terrible) Cark, Oireland office. Bad news for the customers who'll have to deal with them.
Contract discrepancy between EMC & VMware
I heard there is a contract discrepancy between EMC 2004-2007 and VMware Canada Inc. 2007-2016. You may want to compare the 2 contracts...to see if the latter is valid.
Sanjay Mirchandani leaving VMware ?
Sanjay Mirchandani leaving VMware ?
vCAir BU cuts Inside Sales in Cork,Ireland
vCAir made redundant their general business inside sales team. Not overly surprising considering the strategic plan released last quarter and the commitment to concentrate on Enterprise customers. 5 impacted.
some engineers offer 100k+ stocks amidst of layoffs
while 800+ people were being laid off in January, many engineers were awarded $100K - $200K+ stocks within vsan, nsx, vrealize automation, vcloud air & more... What's the basis of this? Who decides all these things? and the reason given to laid off...
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Huge compensation disparity between vsan/NSX eng and all other eng teams
Just found out stock numbers for some of my vsan colleagues are 5-10x and comp numbers are +25% for same designation. Yes, we engineers can surely move to vsan and NSX but that is very telling of what upper management is doing to our core vsphere...
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