I have heard there will be layoff for our Penang team in Malaysia. if that's the case, it will be very sad for Broadcom to lose a very productive team. All engineers in Penang are wonderful people.

My impression is that the BU needs to layoff employees if it can not achieve the target goal quarter by quarter. Is it true?

How much RSUs does Broadcom/Avago grant yearly for a Principal Engineer who performs well (say in top 10%)

http://www.ocregister.com/2017/05/09/fivepoint-considering-443-million-deal-to-repurchase-broadcom-site/

There is rumor BCG will have layoffs before the end of Q2 2017 cause they think there are too many people in the system engineering division of BCG. Is that true?

Holding out for 250. Possible?

I heard that with the old Broadcom before being acquired by Avago... everyone was allowed US$250 per meal per person multiple times a day while you're on a business trip? Is that true? The guys from old BC kept boasting to us of the good old days... — read more 

RIDICULOUS 😲

http://socaltech.com/broadcom_qualcomm_among_happiest_tech_companies_says_report/s-0069901.html

Japan’s Nikkei news service reported Friday that roughly 10 bidders have emerged in the sweepstakes to land the business, which is second only to Samsung Electronics in NAND flash sales. The bids include a $17.9 billion offer from Broadcom and U.S... — read more 

new boadcom limited seems very profitable

Also much experience is needed to be considered for Sr. Staff Engg. what is the next level after Sr. Staff.

...and people are slowly getting a taste of it and throwing up.

first of all, let me say the positives, money is good, i work in the valley, in semi industry, the new avago/broadcom rsu and bonus is something. now the bad, most of my co-workers are either quit or in so-called transition, which are worse than... — read more 

Just stay as long as you can(until you got layoff with package), if you can survive more than 1 year, congratulations you will safe for another 1 year.

Compared with previous brcm. All you got your big fat RSU?

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how many people affected? this is brutal

Is something happening tomorrow.

Brcm can also do the same..

Are you planning to jump ship after the release of RSU in March?

It is their turn.

About 35. After ex- DCD VP becomes CE GM. Are they going to layoff every month now?

2017 layoffs started from CE divisio

Heard that rated 3 employee in the Dec, will be let go before they can vest their RSU in March 15, is that true? Any comments?

Is that true? I'm considering which company to join, which has better future

Recent layoff in plx Dcd wireless & setup box division

CCX cuts are about 25-30 in Bangalore and 50 across sites (plus complete exit of Bulgarian contractors). Their target was to have an overall headcount of 700, which they've more or less achieved. They scrapped a project recently, since Hock is not... — read more 

If a group is not slated to bring in significant revenue say until 2-3 years later what are the chances of the group surviving under HT for that long even if design wins may look promising (this is a sub 50 mil projected revenue for a group of 30-40... — read more 

http://www.edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_training/Layoff_Services_WARN.htm Under the section 'Listing of Filed WARN Notices' there is a PDF that has the number of employees 2016-2017 WARN Report (PDF): WARN notices processed from July 1, 2016 through November... — read more 

Hock is doing exceedingly well; produced great results - quarter after quarter. Always beat analyst estimates and projects higher too. Great years ahead as long as Hock is at the helm. No need to worry !!

I think all cuts needed for next quarter are done; hope business picks up going forward. In Hock's company survival is counted from quarter to next quarter :-) !!

My head is super spinning right now as I heard the same rumor from thee folks, both told me that we may have layoffs in Irvine.

Classic Avago's SerDes team under APD has been combined with classic Broadcom's SerDes team under PLP. As a result, huge layoffs were announced yesterday, with the count coming in at 50%. All of the cuts came from classic Avago's side. The SerDes... — read more