If Broadcom lets the VMware employees decide to leave on their own, they will be losing the top performers and those with highest prospects of getting a job els

If Broadcom lets the VMware employees decide to leave on their own, they will be losing the top performers and those with highest prospects of getting a job elsewhere quickly. They end up left with the less good employees. But if instead Broadcom proactively sheds the underperformers, then the desired employees are reminded to be scared of unemployment by the carnage. And at the same time the market is flooded with a bunch of people looking for the same jobs a high performing employee would have, so now it's harder to jump ship. All this is disastrous for morale, but no worries, the beatings will continue until morale improves.