VMware Director of Engineering reviews

Too many acquisitions by other companies. Most people do not approve of the current CEO (Raghu Raghuram) who has destroyed the company's legacy and stature that former CEO (Patrick P. Gelsinger; current CEO of Intel Corp.) had built over several years. Organisational Politics. The senior management does not give any insight, clarity of direction to employees including the most senior employees. News of acquisition comes as a surprise to all employees including the ones working at SVP, VP or Director level. Ever since the company went public in November 2021, it was announced by the CEO that VMware will operate independently now. But in April, when the CEO and top management was denying all rumours of acquisition by Broadcom, the CEO drops a bomb via email to all employees of the company that Broadcom will be acquiring them. This followed the cycles of massive lay-offs contributing to the typical acquisition process of Broadcom. I can only say that it used to be a great company but post Broadcom acquisition, it will be seeing massive lay-offs (that is already in process) and soon like other brands that Broadcom acquired and destroyed (CA, Brocade, Symantec; etc.); it will destroy VMware on the whole too. Not to forget the unethical business practices of Broadcom such as stock options backdating and anti-competitive practices for which Broadcom has already been fined heavily in the past.

Carbon Black was acquired by VMware. At Carbon Black we had a fantastic culture - open communication, transparent leadership, high engagement. Within one year of VMware's acquisition, they replaced Carbon Black VP's with their own and killed the positive culture. VMware set unrealistic goals and when they weren't met the answer was to re-organize, and the re-organize again.