Broadcom

I will speak for classic Broadcom. Broadcom felt like a startup, investing in innovation and the people who make the company great and profitable. Unfortunately, everything has changed since Avago bought Broadcom.

We still have a gym and great people. They are all going away, though. Broadcom paid top dollars, work/life balance was second to none, my managers paid attention to everything that I was working on, and everyone felt like part of the family.

If the M&A did not happen, I would happily work until I retire at Broadcom. I have 30 years left until my retirement, so that says a lot about how much I loved working here.

The new company is all about profit. I guess that's what the shareholders care about the most, but as an employee, and as a professional in the data field, this is a sign of death.

What used to be a very data-driven company has turned into meeting quotas and doing things with intuition. People are leaving left and right, and management does not care. Like I said, it's all about profit, so the core business that made Broadcom what it is today is all moving over to Asia. Very unfortunate and sad to see.

Meeting numbers and generating profit is understandable, because that's what the business is supposed to do – generate money.

But invest in people who bring that money to the business. Also invest in data-driven decision-making, because intuitive decision-making might work now, but without the help of data, the company will not survive long-term.