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Publication Date: 2026-05-25 01:15:00
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT
Daily Post Staff Writer
A senior engineer at Broadcom said she was stereotyped as a “difficult” woman and then fired, despite her 26 years working to grow the Palo Alto company’s Wi-Fi chip business.
Gouri Rayabhari, 58, of Cupertino, said she built her division from the ground up, leading to the development of more than 30 products and positioning Broadcom as a market leader across multiple generations of Wi-Fi technology.
“Despite this record of success, Ms. Rayabhari was subjected to years of gender-based harassment, discriminatory treatment and systematic efforts by senior male leaders to undermine her authority and advancement,” her lawsuit said. “Management repeatedly labeled her ‘difficult,’ a stereotype frequently applied to women in leadership positions who display the same assertiveness praised in their male counter-parts.”
Broadcom spokesman Tim…
