VMware slashing 38 jobs in Broomfield

BROOMFIELD – Software company VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) is laying off 86 employees in Colorado, including 38 at its office in Broomfield.

The figures come from a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice filed by the company with the state of Colorado. In the WARN notice, VMware officials indicated that the Colorado layoffs would begin in late March.

It isn’t clear how many total employees Palo Alto, Calif.-based VMware has in Broomfield. A VMware spokesman on Wednesday said the company doesn’t release localized employment figures. He said he believed the affected employees would receive severance packages.

VMware’s…