https://seekingalpha.com/article/4786011-intel-massive-layoffs-speak-opportunity
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Because Intel managers have no technical skills, they do not value knowledge and skill. This drags Intel down in the long run. To the managers, one experience engineer can be replaced by a new hire, this is not true for semiconductor industry.
The accumulated knowledge level in Intel is at record low. Majority of people do not know how to do. They rely on meetings to count for their job, without meetings, it is 0 productivity for most people. Without meetings, 90% of people did not do anything.
If you’re seriously posting about how you can expect employees “to be loyal to Intel” then frankly you’re just d-mb. It’s 2025, there is no cross-loyalty between employer and employee
Arabs will end up buying shittel.
@ac+1 This is the ongoing strategy of replacing skills, with maybe some offshoring mixed in as well.
The company has for some time wanted to improve the engineering talent pool and the best way to do that is through these periodic purges.
A simpler approach would be to have everyone eventually be required to reapply for their job, or some other form of musical chairs, and they have done versions of that as well, where those on CPM have 30 or 60 days to find a new role or they are out.
Not sure there is any other way to upgrade an entire organization, although frankly if the goal is to push x86 to the bitter end then the whole effort is ultimately wasted.
I don’t believe OP expects to be employed in the near future.
It seems Intel is still hiring. What is going on?
What is the point to keep layoff and hiring? It does not have much cost saving. In Q4 2024, while 15000 left, there are over 7000 hired. If a company is not loyal to its employees, then how employees will be loyal?