Whether the acquisition goes through or not, it appears that this company is doomed and in significant trouble. Just read what competitors are saying. Actively looking at this stage :(

What compelling reason does China have to approve this deal quickly? Especially right after Biden just banned AI chips?

Deal closes October 30th. The end. Hock will close on the 30th. He already confirmed it, and politely roasted an analyst for asking about it. Before you say “XYZ got delayed!!111!! What about the $5B in revenue that Broadcom does in... — read more 

Broadcom (AVGO) reiterated that it expects to close the VMware deal on Oct. 30. https://seekingalpha.com/news/4022583-broadcom-planned-purchase-of-vmware-gets-south-korean-approval-report https://archive.ph/DCcSL

Got my offer letter but accidentally typoed Workday and opened it in Orkday and I’m expected to return to office in middle earth.

Anyone else got it?

Lol, just for funsies to lighten the mood. I'm in need of some laughs, i can't be bothered to be stressed about this acquisition any longer.

How about this? Let's all come together and contribute a mere $10 per person. If we can get even just 10% of our awesome VMware family on board, we're looking at a whopping $35,000! That's more than enough to get Raghu, Betsy, Kit, and the entire... — read more 

I’ve been here for so long. Sumit and raghu have destroyed this company before selling us to hock to bleed dry. Talent is leaving. The ones staying are spooked, frustrated and unable to get things done because of the morale. Causing more people to... — read more 

What company would you go to if let go? That has a descent culture?

How long of a delay will Broadcom be willing to put up with? How many extensions do they have left?

What are the thoughts? I wish I had sold last week in the $170s! JP Brulard sold 5,700 shares at $177. Of course he still has 10 of thousands more shares. But, He can't just dump them all for fear of insider trading.

Basically title above? what happens to raghu?

As someone that works in GSS we have been routinely told that GSS is one of the safest places to be in the company right now ever since Broadcom deal was announced. However I know we are all smart enough not to believe that and take it as... — read more 

These happened in the past. So, why cannot BC/VMW close the deal in US, and run separately in China? Oracle's Acquisition of Sun Microsystems: In 2010, Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems. While they integrated operations in many regions, they had to... — read more 

tomorrow, next week? or just keep waiting?

from Barrons https://www.barrons.com/articles/vmware-stock-broadcom-deal-13869a4c

Hi, Just on LinkedIn looking at the usual cr*p and see that someone has just posted an update that they are now a "senior support services manager" in VMware. How is there still promotions going on within VMware? This was posted 3 hours ago. Checked... — read more 

Focus on the main thing.

Any guesses what we will have to do with our laptops if let go. I hope we can keep them. I might take this as an opportunity to switch careers and will need something portable if I do. So it would be convenient.

The Q3 company meeting was held on Weds, 9/13. Since that meeting/week, and accelerating since 10/1, employee engagement, work, etc. has been shutting down, as everyone has gone into "wait for it" mode. Very little is getting done, absolutely no... — read more 

Does anyone know if our service time will be transitioned into broadcom just like what we did with airwatch/pivotal etc... or are we going to get reset to zero? Just keenly aware of the fact that we may continue to have layoffs post day 1 and want... — read more 

I remember reading on here almost a year ago, when the concern was the ftc blocking this deal, that it would still be bad for us because now what? VMware won’t just go back to biz as usual. Michael Dell, C suite execs, and shareholders will still... — read more 

This acquisition is just hectic and dead at the same time. Dead when it comes to info, hectic when it comes to sorting out mitigation for possible outcomes. The worst part is there's nothing we can do other than leave to get them back for the lack... — read more 

I’m wondering how he feels today 🤪

"This marks the final event from the Events Team as part of the VMware organization"

China is not approving, now what?

You might find this a bit trivial, but as everything has its importance... Do people at BC use Apple Mac ? Or will we have to deal with Windows PCs in addition to GSuite? For me, it's already a good reason to consider leaving :p

Does anyone have an idea of what will happen to all the remote offices that were created after the spin-off with Dell in 2021? Simple closure? What about the customers in those countries?

So I cut this from another thread to make it its own. I would never advocate this working for such an incredible org like VMW but its clear BC and Hock don't give two sh--s about us, about our livelihoods, or simply being a decent company a human... — read more 

Hello, What, does everyone think of the offices in Ireland & GSS support with broadcom coming in? Lots of sad faces the last number of weeks in the office

Could this get any more drawn out? Every town hall is like a medieval torture device. At Carbon Black: they will have a 1 hour all hands meeting with three minutes for Q&A at the end. Shortly after reading the question “oops sorry we are at... — read more 

There seems to be a lot of false posturing or unrealistic optimism and fear mongering and hate. The deal will close by the 30th. That's done and done. The deal is approved in the jurisdictions that reflect 99% of the customer and market segments... — read more 

What are the severance pay policies in India? How many people will be laid off in India?

The below email was sent to CIO employee. They lost their faith for CIO. "CIO Org: Set yourself up for success when searching for new career opportunities within VMware, Broadcom or beyond! The Talent Acquisition team has generously offered to share... — read more 

Now what? Business back to normal? I’m thinking there would still be layoffs but a lot less so…

will China approve it quickly? very unlikely since new chip export curbs just out today. so will bc move forward anyway, taking much bigger risk in the current scenario ? also very unlikely. then the deal will not be closed by oct.30. the market... — read more 

Im just curious since im pretty positive EUC will be spunoff just for giggles who do we think would buy EUC? I'm sure everyone has an opinion on it. Would it be bought? Do you think it would be axed all together? Just want peoples thoughts I guess... — read more