https://www.theverge.com/news/831353/intel-tsmc-wei-jen-lo-trade-secrets
Thank you Vickie for the show!
Thanks for the entertainment in your LinkedIn post. Boohoo people talked about your accent and then you spent all the time talking about your skirt no one cares about How about mentioning your incompetence at not knowing employee counts and lost all... — read more
Shoulda Taken The Package
Oh wait, yall didn't and there might not even be a package in Q1 layoff.
TSMC sues ex-exec Wei-Jen Lo over secrets theft
TSMC sues ex-exec Wei-Jen Lo over secrets theft - Breaking The News https://share.google/QYQr7IUivQgG5of0z
CES 2026
Looking forward to a table full of bluescreens at the CES 2026 exhibition in Las Vegas on January 5th. Anyone want to sell there car and split to cost of a hotel room?
What are the chances of more coming layoff ?
You can vote first here before calling your congressman or woman or anyone for help a. Zero chance b. Only 10 % at minimum c. More than 20% next round d. Less than 30% next round e. More than 40% but less than 50% f. More than 50%
Who are truly the smartest people at Intel?
Serious answers only please
WTF did Sachin do as CTO?
Utter waste of time and money. Intel needs a real credible CTO who actually understands the technology that is vital for Intel's future.
Internal opportunities after CMP'd
I was affected by the recent CMP layoff and have until Dec 15 to secure a new role within the company. I applied for a couple of positions already. What are my chances of getting an interview or being hired since I was part of the layoff?
Former TSMC SVP Wei-Jen Lo Said to Have Joined Intel, Allegedly Bringing Sub-2nm Process Files
https://www.trendforce.com/news/2025/11/18/news-former-tsmc-svp-wei-jen-lo-said-to-have-joined-intel-allegedly-bringing-sub-2nm-process-files/
Intel in a nutshell
Intel’s workforce: fat old guys waiting to retire and Young Indian h-1bs waiting to get their green cards and bolt out to AMD or Nvidia. Fantasy believers in Intel bubble su6king up to mgmt High paid mgmt just sitting & collecting... — read more
Seriously IT Architects
What do these people actually create? What do they deliver ? GR10 plus and all I see is blah blah lunch blah blah
How does Intel rotate or swap out id--ts around ?
Same id--ts are just moving around from one place to another and calling it turn around. NO no more turn around. We want the id--ts are OUT. No layoff to them.
Gangs of Micron
Is it true that DZ is still here because he is part of the Gangs of Ex-Micron? Heard more Micron alum incoming to the rescue.
More layoffs
Lets have more layoffs before Txgiving and Xmas so we all can be done with this craphole once and for all
Naga is ok it's the airheads under Naga that need to be wiped away
And in parallel Naga's fault we still have these id--ts around tanking the foundries
Another 669 redundancies for Oregon announced this week.
https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2025/11/intel-lays-off-669-more-oregon-workers-as-local-headcount-dwindles.html
Surprise news: Read as you wish
The useless and id--ts are still stuck around look very suspicious and nervous at this place while the talents are still pushed out secretly.
Wait until Q1 2026 round?
People who are having extended life, wait until Q1 2026 round? 60K 2026 is the new normal?
Cancerous Middle Management and Phantom Branches Remain
There's entire chains that remain on the foundry side absolutely disconnected from any actual engineering or manufacturing beyond the occasional random h1bs or DEI hires reaching out with obscure nonsensical requests. It's clear that these people... — read more
Interim HR Head
Trying so hard to get job permanently. Her latest LinkedIn post trying to be vulnerable is so fake. Your lack of experience showed last week so do not try to cover up. This post will disappear as she has people remove any posts that are critical of... — read more
All the cuts have made Intel’s workforce easily a decade younger on average
Some people might see that as a positive, but anyone who understands how crucial institutional knowledge is knows it’s a huge mistake to wipe out an entire generation of employees who helped build this company from scratch. The experience and history... — read more
Post layoff, I had 3 teammates giving their 2 weeks notice, is this a sign?
Everyone leaving all of a sudden? What is happening? Is Intel gonna be sold off?
669 more layoffs in Oregon by the end of year
You hear it first here. Ready for your last Christmas meal, coffees and bananas.
the future of Intel
https://youtu.be/OKgurZ0CRDE President Donald Trump said he was “very much opposed” to last month’s controversial immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia, while South Korean President Lee Jae Myung warned the incident may hinder future U.S... — read more
Still too many PEs and Senior PEs
Intel PEs and Senior PEs are worthless commanding $400K+ compensation but delivering grade 8 work. Most need to go.
Intel Say No No to the H1B Goblin
You have people that don’t want to share success in a toxic work environment in some groups. You have people, everyone, that hates training. Why train a guy who’ll outshine you? May not be in your best interest to give the best knowledge to this... — read more
OpenAI won't buy Intel's AI chips
OpenAI has been making it rain infrastructure deals. The AI startup just dropped another $38 billion on Amazon Web Services, adding to agreements with Oracle, Microsoft, AMD, and a plethora of other deals that total over $1 trillion this year so far... — read more
Attracting to Talent? Intel, you must be joking
A simple google search would tell any prospective employee to stay away… not to mention threads were people are trying to piece together what’s going on because leadership is being super shady. It screams toxic in the worst possible way.
November CPM - Numbers and Titles
https://www.datawrapper.de/_/gAWmw/
Any layoffs outside of Oregon?
Haven't heard anything in FM yet
Pick Me
I am thinking of retiring next year. I hope they pick me.
The confirmed strategy
Just in this week they are laying off as many blue badge technicians as possible to replace them with green batches, multiple managers confirmed Just go looking for jobs and you see "semi-conductor or any city intel fabs are in" are the key words... — read more
FYI; Upcoming layoffs planned for November and January
Mid-November layoff is already on going at the moment. They are planning to have about 13-16 technician per manager. This is a step closer to replacing all the blue badge techs with green badges.
We should lay off everyone that starts a Teams chat with “im?”
I think that’s a simple litmus test for deciding who is expendable. If you don’t know how to start a simple chat how are you going to engineer cutting edge technology?
Rear view mirror?
How is this possible? AMD doesn’t even pay as much as Intel. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amd-stock-soars-after-company-says-its-data-center-revenue-will-jump-60-over-the-next-3-to-5-years-234017497.html
Another round of layoffs for VSE
Another 6 people in my group of 30 got layoffs yesterday from VSE in RA. Came out of nowhere. Of course they kept some of the more useless people. I haven't seen anything posted about it. Strangely quiet and quick.
Remember Wintel?
Yeah back when Intel CEO's gave a sh*t about the company and actually had a vision.