How are we high-tech engineers any different than university professors, airline pilots, nurses, etc that get protection from corporate greed through their unions?

The CTO of the networking group left for Marvell. Is this a bad sign? Any other high-level departures?

This is how fear works. You fear your manager sh---canning you. Your manager fears his/her manager sh---canning them. Those managers fear getting sh---canned by the VPs. Those VPs fear getting sh---canned by the executives. Those executives fear... — read more 

avago has a reputation of cost synergies and cutting back on R&D and can't really blame talented engineers leave on their own befor the ax falls, especially going to an different industry

You will be confronted with going Part Time [28 Hours a week with no benifits] or take a walk...

Some people got it, Some people Don't---------If you want to control your future,---Become self-employed

... look at Hock's lieutenants, and what/how they contribute to Avago For Hock, if you ain't contributing, you'll be out I know Hock from way then ... from Malaysia ... I know what makes Hock tick

Is it better than qualcomm?

F---, Ed (GM of ING) sent email to global employee on last Wednesday saying that all cut-off people has being notified, and encourage survivor calm down to contribute ... People went out for lunch to celebrate it's over finally :-） While on Friday... — read more 

QLogic, Emulex, and now Broadcom resumes piling up.

per the earning call, they are looking to find buyers for assets not making money. Any ideas what BUs are for sale? Or Hock will just shut them down.

http://nypost.com/2016/03/04/semiconductor-maker-marvell-is-open-to-sale/

Fully Autonomous Platforms Unleashed to Cull the Herd

Another round of layoffs..

Hawkish eyes dont like too many heads. So many gonna roll soon - across the globe - across the board.

The Matawan office lost lots of key people and is essentially doing nothing. How long will they continue to eat free lunch?

I just replied with the same comment in another thread but then realized it would probably be better to actually start a new thread for more views. I am a corporate recruiter with Experian in Costa Mesa and am currently speaking with several Broadcom... — read more 

1) He minimizes all support organizations. HR, IT, Finance, Legal..etc, etc. you can't sell these. This also mean any centralized big ticket item perks. So, if you have a Broadcom park in the mountain, that might be sold soon. 2) If you are a revenue... — read more 

I heard will cut ~700 by the end of March in Irvine. Did that happen already?

Are there any California Broadcomers forced to move out of state after being let go? Especially in the Bay Area where the housing and living cost is ridiculous?