silverbax@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoBroadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing its $69 billion acquisition of the companywww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1428arrow-down111cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1417arrow-down1external-linkBroadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing its $69 billion acquisition of the companywww.businessinsider.comsilverbax@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square68fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·10 months agoMergers always mean layoffs.
minus-squareotl@lemmy.srcbeat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·10 months agoEspecially with their sizes: Broadcom has 20,000 employees and VMWare has 38,000.
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·10 months agoAnd Broadcom has a history of buying companies and squeezing every cent from them before they destroy them. I don’t expect VMWare to be around in 10 years.
minus-squaretagliatelle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·10 months agoVMWare has 38k? holy hell. I was surprised by slack having over 3k.
minus-squareexpr@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoVMware is shockingly massive. Hundreds of different products and many, many teams.
minus-squarepezhore@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoWell, now they’re down to ~18k if rumors are correct.
Mergers always mean layoffs.
Especially with their sizes: Broadcom has 20,000 employees and VMWare has 38,000.
And Broadcom has a history of buying companies and squeezing every cent from them before they destroy them. I don’t expect VMWare to be around in 10 years.
VMWare has 38k? holy hell. I was surprised by slack having over 3k.
VMware is shockingly massive. Hundreds of different products and many, many teams.
Well, now they’re down to ~18k if rumors are correct.