Broadcom layoff criteria
I am current vmware employee and want to know from existing #broadcom employees who came from acquisition on past, on what basis broadcom prepare list of layoffs from product units. I have some idea about G&A (IT,HR etc). Thank you for your help in this uncertain time. #broadcom #vmware
Agree with BMC. Hock chooses to invest in products and features that make money today. His definition of innovation is to ask customers what they want and enabling teams to build that feature for them, whatever engineering/technical challenges they may need to overcome. Anything that is a moonshot/may or may not have a market years from now doesn't make his cut. Anything that a PM dreams up without hard evidence that is needed is out. Anything that Forrester/Gartner deems necessary to get a good rating from them is ignored. This means engineering teams get focused on the largest customers and their asks, without constant pivoting. Once the post-acquisition right-sizing occurs, goals are well defined and teams are stable.
So does he invest in things like ux or does he expect us technicals to translate the customer stuff ourselves?
UX is part of the specific BU's engg org and it's up to the GM to decide how much they want to invest.
They impose bell curve strictly so even if all team members are performing one of them will be rated 3 and will have to go. Also, There will be no promotions. Promotions will be like landing on the moon. Appraisals will be a dream. Bonus will always be less than 100 percent.
Does Brcm do diversity hiring ?
- Anything that is losing money will be sold off - Only product lines kept will be #1 or #2 leaders in their space - Anything focused on growth / innovation will be cut - They will cut deeper and wider than you think is possible and fast - People kept had been with company a long time and had good relationships with the people putting the lists together ie politics
Maybe off topic, but how does Broadcom survive by cutting off growth/innovation?
Always broadcom grows by acquiring new company repeatedly. Their basic business is so strong and it's a kind of legacy in servers.