Broadcom to cut 184 Broomfield jobs days after $61B VMWare acquisition

BROOMFIELD — Less than a week after Broadcom Inc. (Nasdaq: AVGO) closed on a $61 billion deal to acquire software and virtualization company VMware Inc., the California-based technology firm informed Colorado regulators that it will lay off 184 VMware workers in Broomfield. 

The layoffs appear to be part of a broader job-elimination and cost-cutting effort across the newly combined company, media reports show. 

The 184 Colorado employees who will lose their jobs beginning in January 2024 work at 380 Interlocken Crescent Blvd. in Broomfield, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice filed Monday with the Colorado Department of…