https://www.pymnts.com/technology/2025/intels-new-ceo-vows-to-reform-outdated-development-model/
Around 10 years too late. He’s going to have to fire half of the managers (good?) and 90% of the pro(gram|ject) managers. Which would be good. And then he has to eradicate all of the “we’ve always done it that way” id--ts roaming the halls.
Intel product, CPU, SOC, IP would produce 20% more output with 50% fewer people. GPU would have 20% more output with 85% fewer people.
There is a reason Intel going bankrupt. Because of "me, me, me" silo and "d@g eat d@g" culture!:
Intel = nepot$sm king (mostly by $ndians) + h1b labor certificate forgeries + $tuckered by worthless $sraeli "companies & start-ups" + worthless dinosaurs PEs/Senior PEs/Fellows/Senior Fellows/Directors/Senior Directors (who can't land a job outside Intel) + worthless Atom(Austin, BA)/Xeon(OR, BA)/Memory(Austin, OR)/CMO(Austin, OR, BA)/IFS(OR, Austin, BA)/TD(OR,Austin))/TMG(OR)/Packaging(Chandler)/DA/CHT2(OR teams + Austin)+18A(30% yield) OR Ronlar Acres, $israel + bloated utterly incompetent NEX/NXNE Directors/VP (Sachin Katti, Srinivas Lingam) etc
This old guy will cut at least another 20K heads at minimum. Intel hired him millions of dollars to just do that job at his best. No reform. No recovery. No hope. No 18A. No 14A. No joint venture. No future. No stable products. No customer service. No sale. No bonus. No coffee. No banana.
@dx we have G10 and above doing 1 thing a month and calling it a lot. There is no shame or accountability
There are grade8+ doing a few hours of work a week, they’re gaming the system, they need to be removed. This type of behavior destroys productivity all around them.
@cb... the problem is that Intel hasn't been profitable for quite a while. You can't keep running a company on losses. If this doesn't happen fast it won't matter how much talent Intel has.
Despite the exodus of many good employees, intel still has a lot of talent left. What is missing is good leadership at the top meaning ELT and the next level. If LBT cleans up the leadership, reset the culture and drive the accountability, he can right the ship.
The Intel problem is not the managers. Its the engineers who are way less productive than other companies and intel engineers 20 years ago. Replace 5% of the engineers with nvidia engineers and the 95% will see how to be successful quickly.
Example: Intel engineers cannot code and attend the scrum to give updates. They have a team lead attend the meeting to give 5 minute update because they cannot both manage their own time and code. Insane. Never saw that anywhere else
We need to really cut management and put more authority to make decisions in the hands of technical leaders
Dude - Pat already fired or chased away 80% of the good pro(gram|ject) managers. What you have left are the engineers that can't code and engineering managers who can't manage filling those roles.... good luck with that....lol!
"I’d rather see them use these people correctly."
that sounds like some sort of riddle
how do you use someone who is incompetent
IMO, OP’s comments about firing folks does not seem to be an obsession about “laying off people to fix Intel’s problem.” There is a fundamental problem at Intel. Too much infighting; too much territorialisim; too much arrogance. The individual incentives are messed up. They are biased towards trodding over the guy in the next cube, team, geo. Incentives - esp and the exec level - need to be aligned to corporate success.
There are many smart people remaining (many have left, though), so there is a chance.
There is enough incompetence to justify a large reduction in headcount (or massive reframing) in the management ranks.
The problems isn’t managers but the expertise, expectations of these manager
This obsession with laying off people to fix Intel’s problems is so weird. Reducing headcount is a finance issue to temporarily fix their bottom line - not a strategy to innovation. I’d rather see them use these people correctly.