Broadcom closes downtown Boston office, cutting 150 jobs – The Boston Globe

Broadcom closes downtown Boston office, cutting 150 jobs – The Boston Globe

California-based tech giant Broadcom is closing an office in Downtown Crossing and axing 150 jobs there as part of a much broader cost-cutting effort following the completion of its VMware acquisition. Broadcom informed the Massachusetts Division of Career Services on Nov. 27 that it will close its entire VMware office at 2 Avenue de Lafayette … Read more

Bay Area tech layoffs soar to brutal heights with huge VMware job cuts

Bay Area tech layoffs soar to brutal heights with huge VMware job cuts

PALO ALTO — Tech industry job cuts in the Bay Area have reached two new grim milestones with the disclosure that the Broadcom purchase of VMware will spawn well over 1,000 more Silicon Valley layoffs, documents show. With the latest revelations of upcoming layoffs, the tech industry has now disclosed plans to chop twice as … Read more

VMware begins ‘consultation process’ with Cork staff with fears jobs could be cut 

VMware begins ‘consultation process’ with Cork staff with fears jobs could be cut 

Fears of job cuts have hit Irish employees following US semiconductor company Broadcom’s recent $69bn (€62.98bn) takeover of global cloud computing firm, VMWare, which has a long-standing presence in Ireland.  Staff at its Cork campus received an email this morning telling them the firm has entered a “consultation process,” with fears that this could lead … Read more