OTIOSE/THE DISPOSABLE INDEX/Broadcom
Tech Layoff Tracker & Corporate Hypocrisy Database (2020-2026)
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Layoffs & Culture at Broadcom

Hardware

THE NUMBERS

-247 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED
0.1%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.1%
PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,247 EMP
CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

-247 EMP(2025.10)

"AI Expansion"

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Legacy Software Engineering (90%) ─ Reason: Non-AI product focus; skills mismatch.
  • 🔴
    Program/Project Management (80%) ─ Reason: Middle management overhead; efficiency initiative.
  • 🟡
    Technical Support/Operations (L1/L2) (75%) ─ Reason: AI automation; cost reduction strategy.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

Broadcom has eliminated a total of 247 positions across 1 workforce events.

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