Hock may have given the EU and Chinese back handlers to push deal through EMEAM employees will not go quietly. We all seeking legal advice and will not sign any document without HR present. Hocks strategy is to restructure EMEA to bare minimum and... — read more 

... See title.

Can someone confirm layoffs in Italy, Offer letters and fewer benefits?

Only 1 week in, but so far, this is clearly a much better run company than VMware ever was, and I have been at VMware for 15+ years. Everyone I have met who has survived the Symantec and CA acquisitions is incredibly happy, says they have nothing to... — read more 

Check out the AVGO stock. Starting to go south. Expected price should be around $400-500.

Just in 2019 VMW was considered to be a prestigious company with very large margin... a "cash cow" like the public opinion was writing or the "little gem" of the Dell Technology group... it was considered almost at the same level of FAANG from newly... — read more 

Anyone reading this has any updates on when the avgo shares will be deposited to etrade? When I called yesterday they said potentially today and a couple of posts here said the same thing or last night, which didn’t happen, as the shares are still... — read more 

We will never know the true total of cuts as long as the news media continues to publish only the government-reported data. Please keep posting your estimates of headcount cuts and office closures so that reporters can know the truth.

I remember Hock said VMware would have been the new name for all the Broadcom Software organization... instead I'm noticing all the VMware brands and logos replaced by Broadcom software now.

Do we actually need to sign the DocuSign termination letter? It seems to be a simple notice using the DocuSign system. If we get another job offer during the WARN period, do we need to give notice to Broadcom, or just let it end on Jan 26? .. — read more 

Broadcom Layoffs: Company Nixes More than 1,200 Jobs in California Broadcom has officially disclosed 1,995 job cuts, according to analysis by Channel Futures. And more are likely... — read more 

Keeping the VMware office RTO? When he can close additional offices and get people to WFH? Thinking about a shuttle service? Can his investors give him the stick and get him to become lean?

Rumour is Broadcom closing all offices in Sweden, Norway and Finland. Partner lead regions now. Is this true?

A friend pointed me to this, sounds crazy. https://www.reddit.com/r/vmware/comments/186rmu1/broadcom_why_are_you_laying_off_your_vmware

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/all-okta-users-exposed-in-hack-5573569/ Go ahead, log into that BC portal using Okta.

What will Hock do? WFH policy again?

It has been run over by Hock fan boys and VMW employees who are shocked at having to work for a cult and the cult leader. Some will embrace the cult and others will leave. But no one cares a sh-t about the 10-15K that just got laid off. I guess for... — read more 

i too have lost access from my laptop. When I try to access VMwaremigration.Broadcom.com from personal laptop I get access denied. Spent more than 2 hours with vmw and Broadcom to resolve and nothing except acknowledging that yup they disconnected... — read more 

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2023/11/29/broadcom-takes-over-vmware-palo-alto-offices.html

As I have been taxed as a non-resident of USA, and wired the cash, how would I calculate tax return in country of residence - Ireland. Had a mix of ESPP and RSUs. Seems no tax calc is needed for RSUs. Do I need to pay 33% capital gains just on the... — read more 

https://idcdocserv.com/US51341423? This comes across as a paid promotion piece. It's not good advice to IDC clients. There are no joint solutions from Broadcom now that they have VMware. There is no product integration, no product synergies. Just... — read more 

He was ill when it was sent out on Monday. Went today to sign and the link was expired. He emailed Broadcom HR he is accepting the severance and waiver and WARN notice, but no response. Possible he gets screwed over with no severance?

Expect the worst, as there's no optimistic outlook for Cork. My manager informed me today that we must return to the office next week, awaiting an email from upper management. Despite uncertainties about our future at Broadcom, pressure is mounting... — read more 

Contacting E*Trade is easy and fast by using the EMPLOYEE STOCK PLAN contact # @ 800-838-0908. They informed me the transfer is targeted to occur this evening.

Broadcom is directing VMware partners not to mix products from Carbon Black and VMware End-User Computing in with sales of other products as it considers “strategic alternatives” for those business units, which it picked up last week when it closed... — read more 

Like few other posts here, I am still waiting for the avgo shares from etrade. I am a former employee, so no idea about fidelity transfer. Just want to get my vested shares that were in my etrade stock plan. Been trying to contact etrade but the... — read more 

Seems to be a lot of talk about Hock not being a fan, but surely you cant be a major tech company without these things?

Add up the cost of these reduced level benefits and deduct from RSUs first. Salary, Medical, Maternity, Paternity Sickness leave.

Hi friends, Does anyone have an indicator of how the annual AVGO RSU refresh is determined? 1- Is it a percentage of base salary? 2- does it vest quarterly over 4 years?

https://www.crn.com/news/virtualization/broadcom-tells-vmware-partners-to-halt-commingled-carbon-black-deals

The question I have is this…. is marine still buying Brocade, Symantec or CA?

https://www.channelfutures.com/mergers-acquisitions/broadcom-layoffs-vmware-sees-mass-cuts-post-merger

I still see 0$. No money. No avago stocks. Every other broker seems to have paid everything days ago, everyone has had the time to sell off this overevaluated avago stocks except us... What we can do?

I've been notified of our office closure by email. Can somebody believe this? In today's world, where we often talk about the importance of communication and empathy in the workplace, this approach feels archaic. It's just an email - no real... — read more 

I guess the rest of us don't matter. Or Broadcom is really good at hiding the scope of layoffs it performs. Either way, it su-ks. I know it wouldn't have changed anything, but still.

Welcome on board to all our new colleagues for whom hard work isn't frightening or different. Ignore the cr*d that people are posting - none of it is true or backed by proof. Now isn't the time for sour grapes.

Weak leadership in sales and marketing even before Dell spin-off led to this point. Covid lockdown gave us a huge opportunity to reposition on cybersecurity, remote work and support crypto underlying infrastructure. We did Nothing! Zoom stock... — read more 

VPs, Directors, seniors live in Los Altos, Palo Alto, ... while juniors live in east bay, south San Jose, meeting at early mornings and late nights, then stuck in the traffic. That is the life!

Etrade charged 38 x 2 = 76 dollars, but no AVGO shares deposited yet. VOLUNTARY REORG FEE VMW SHARES for 38 dollars. CONTRA VMWARE, INC MANDATORY REORG FEE for 38 dollars. AVGO has already dropped 6 percent from 1000 to 945. Will AVGO or Etrade... — read more