Broadcom

Good exposure to tech. Good place to contribute towards cutting-edge projects.

It was decent until Hock Tan and his band of merry corporate raiders came along. Now everyone is pissed off and concerned about the future. It was good until they decided not to invest in R&D, decided to count every nickel, change the culture, and make empty promises. Lies after lies since May after the acquisition.

This party is done. A huge culture shift is underway.

Broadcom's innovation culture, with its focus on doing the impossible, is dead. The new management wants to streamline costs and not invest in R&D.

The management policy is to have established franchises which require the bare minimum of R&D. A financial metric-driven culture with micromanagement is in place.

Keeping shareholders happy for the short term is the new norm. It is no longer a fun place to work.

Massive layoffs are being planned. The new company brings nothing new to the table except a giant axe for cost cutting. There are no new ideas, just empty, silly promises of better compensation.

You suck!

Instead of being like Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, and other great leaders, you teamed up with Avago, a crap company with a crap culture.

Instead of designing them out and being the best semiconductor company in the world, you chose to become bedfellows with them.

Rather than evolve and solve future problems and come up with innovative solutions, you messed everything up by integrating with Avago.

You had the money, you had the talent—possibly the very best. You had the loyalty and the respect of your employees, who were willing to do whatever it takes. You had a great brand, and you threw it all away for a 15% short-term return and picked a sleazy company to merge with.

Ask yourself, would Google do this merger? Would Apple do this? Would Elon Musk do this?

Damage is done. No one from MIT, Stanford, or any premier place will consider working for you.

If you wanted to cost-cut, you should have done it yourselves and grown the company into newer markets. You would have had the employees' support and respect had you chosen this route.