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Depends on what the job is. EMC pays good benefits for boring jobs. Assume that "good benefits for boring jobs" won't change any time soon.

EMC will also slash out departments and products that don't perform. Make sure that whatever department / product you're going to work in is doing well.

I would guess it depends if the position you're filling is made redundant by the merger.

If it sounds like something you'd enjoy and the pay is right, I don't see any reason not to.

My dad works for EMC, and he's fairly bullish on the whole situation.

Why is that? Feels like AWS and Azure are bad for pretty much every aspect of their business. Genuinely curious.

> Why is that? Feels like AWS and Azure are bad for pretty much every aspect of their business. Genuinely curious.

I'm an outsider, but not all industries can use the 'real' cloud (AWS and Azure) for legal reasons (think banking, finance & health). VMWare + EMC storage can be part of a compelling self-hosted/hybrid 'cloud' solution.

There's a lot of companies that need or prefer on-prem or non-cloud offerings for storage. EMC does really well in enterprise services, and likely will continue to do well.