I miss the days when working at Intel was something to truly be proud of. Back then, it felt like the company valued its employees and did everything in its power to keep the best people around. Now, it's all about cutting costs, even if it means pushing out those who’ve given the most. I don’t know when things went wrong, but today, I can’t stand my job.
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MBAs and Lawyers have ruined many companies throughout mankind !
DEI... or better way to say it, DIE. When you don't hire for the best talent, but for a check box or quota, this is what you get. Unqualified people leading projects, working on design, and trying to count beans with their fingers.
The Intel you loved was just the friends we made along the way.
I’d say Intel has been all about cost-cutting since 2009.
Intel is an employer and you have a job - that's it. They have a fiscal responsibility to their share holders. Sometimes tough decisions are made to honor that responsibility. If you don't like your job, no one (but you) is stopping you from going elsewhere.
Back in the day, Intel mnfx could add substantial value... now a higher percentage of the secret sauce is coming from the equipment vendors...
Intel was so arrogant it said it could be EUV with it's older process... got 3-4 generations behind TSMC. Not entirely because of this, but in large measure.
Of course Intel has many other problems like arrogance and now it is a relatively old tech company with many layers of bloat and bureaucracy. These cultural and org design issues may in fact be a bigger problem that making the wrong technology choices like EUV.
Only time will tell, but history shows us that the half life of a great tech company many only be 20-30 years and Intel did better then average... we'll see if they make it or not.
Leading edge semiconductor fabbing is easy to explain. It is like the highlander. Every year a new highlander gets their head cut off. We got our head cut off in the late teens. Pat thinks we can get our head back. Whether he’s right or wrong we’re making history here.
Are you glorifying the past a bit too much? It seems to be a progressing process until the financial statement can no longer hide.
I am sick and tired of attempting to explain to people why most of the other semiconductor companies are doing terrific except intel. They just don't understand.
Started in the semiconductor industry in 83. Ever since then it’s been an industry of feast or famine. Intel for the most part was the anomaly due to their technological prowess but that has ended. I started at National Semiconductor and eventually it went sideways, just like IBM. Expect this to happen in this industry. It’s nothing new.