silverbax@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoBroadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing its $69 billion acquisition of the companywww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1364arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1357arrow-down1external-linkBroadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing its $69 billion acquisition of the companywww.businessinsider.comsilverbax@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square58fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·2 years agoMergers always mean layoffs.
minus-squareotl@lemmy.srcbeat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 years agoEspecially with their sizes: Broadcom has 20,000 employees and VMWare has 38,000.
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 years 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-up15·2 years agoVMWare has 38k? holy hell. I was surprised by slack having over 3k.
minus-squarepezhore@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoWell, now they’re down to ~18k if rumors are correct.
minus-squareexpr@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoVMware is shockingly massive. Hundreds of different products and many, many teams.
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.
Well, now they’re down to ~18k if rumors are correct.
VMware is shockingly massive. Hundreds of different products and many, many teams.