Report: VMware Lays Off 900

[frogboy]

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https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2016/01/26/vmware-lays-off-900.aspx

VMware has begun laying off employees in the wake of the purchase of parent company EMC Software by Dell, according to a news report.

Fortune's Barb Darrow reported earlier today that the layoffs began yesterday, citing company sources and a message board in which employees are anonymously discussing their experiences.

Darrow wrote that "various parts of the vCloud Air teams—personnel in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), the Burlington, Ontario, customer support group, and Colorado—were cut."

A Virtualization Review source has also confirmed the layoffs, including those from the Canadian support center.

Fortune reported last week that about 900 workers were scheduled to be laid off in total. VMware is believed to have about 18,000 employees globally.

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[DracusNarcrym]

Saddening news for the leading proprietary virtual machine software vendor...
Let us hope those employees are going employed elsewhere will are not affected by any sort of long-term unemployment!
I also hope that this action does not affect the development of the VMware Workstation product line...

 

[frogboy]

Saddening news for the leading proprietary virtual machine software vendor...
Let us hope those employees are going employed elsewhere will are not affected by any sort of long-term unemployment!
I also hope that this action does not affect the development of the VMware Workstation product line...

I agree on both fronts, it is very sad for the workers and hope it does not effect development.

 

[generalwu]

Ouch, I feel sad for them. I hope that they at least get something for their contribution to the company, like a retrench package.