Broadcom is conducting audits to enforce compliance with VMware licenses, which raises concerns among employees about potential financial impacts such as layoffs and salary negotiations. Workers are particularly anxious about whether their employer exceeded license limits. Moreover, some organizations have reported receiving cease-and-desist letters despite not using VMware, leading to speculation that Broadcom's investigations may be misdirected. These audits are causing stress among IT and legal departments, highlighting a looming financial burden while Broadcom itself remains unresponsive to inquiries about their auditing process.
We are focusing on saving costs and are on a pretty tight financial budget, this will likely have impact on the salary negotiations or even layoffs of employees.
It could face 'big' financial repercussions, the worker noted.
Users suggest that the semiconductor giant is wasting some time by investigating organizations that aren't violating agreements.
A Dutch firm claimed they didn't receive a cease-and-desist letter before being informed of an audit.
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