This has always been true. Does nobody care anymore about things like that? Is it really just about lower costs, sc--w the quality of output?
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Given the baseline is ZERO work... it's going to be better than what Intel is getting today!
True in most company that outsourcing is lower in quality. Opposite at intel where outsourced companies are higher caliber.
Do Lenovo and Dell make their own chips and motherboards or do they outsource to Intel, AMD and Taiwanese companies?
Does Apple make their own DRAM or do they outsource to Samsung, Hynix and Micron?
Do Apple and Nvidia produce low quality chips because they outsource to TSMC?
Asking for a friend.
In general it's true. Less skilled workforce however you want to spin it and different cultural priorities. Especially in software. There many examples... how many websites and phones apps break and glitch daily? The quality of engineering has gone down in general and the problem is that people accept it. They'd rather have a partially working pile of cr-p then nothing at all.
I don't see how you get lower quality than the current state of Intel... Half of engineering can't speak English. If you outsource to India maybe 2/3 could at least try to speak English
@ca , same here, but in Ireland. Common factor is re-orgs. Blaming H1Bs is questionable.
@bd Taiwan ROC is more eternal than Intel CORP which the self appointed pretend influencers are much too d-mb to realize
Years ago, I was part of a dream team. We even got together outside of work without being forced to. It was a true team. Fast forward through several re-orgs, a pandemic, and a bunch of H1Bs later, and I was on a team where nobody knew each other, and team activities consisted of awkward online games. H1Bs ruined everything, and are the main reason RTO doesn't work.
Outsourcing means you can hire the best in that business. If one company doesn't meet the expectations, then you can fire them and hire someone else. You are not stuck with your in house team.
Lower quality work?!?! That's a good one, Intel marketing... they aren't even a joke.
I don't believe OP will be wearing a blue badge in the near future.
@OP "This has always been true." I find it fascinating when people say things like this. It usually just means it's what they think and they have nothing to back it up. The reality is Intel is in desperate times and is doing anything & everything to save money. Outsourcing some services is perfectly fine when managed correctly. Besides, our internal marketing team hasn't exactly over-performed the last few years.
The President of the United States took one look at the National Security aspect of replacing Intel with a Taiwanese Competitor and decided we were dispensible and nobody bats an eye about outsourcing the CEO role to a foreign national and you’re worried about what now?!
Oh you sweet summer child
No doubt. But at least some work. Instead of idling in cafeterias.
I said that to Intel executives 30 years ago. They said “ Stay in your lane”
It's fine, the @Op is smarter then the new CEO so let him set out new strategy.
Everybody knows outsourcing your non critical functions always results in lower cost and greater work product. They are outsourcing marketing and ops, not the engineers.
Did you even read any of the details of what is getting cut?
That’s what Boeing did.