That's where all the hardware jobs are now.

12000, number of people Intel wants its headcount down by 4-5%, number of people that received an ISP 8-10% number of people that received a VSP 50% the expected acceptance rate of VSPs (actual is too be seen) 7500 expected number to be reduced by... — read more 

That kind of behavior is sad and pathetic and you know it. Act like an adult, even if you're not one yet. Try to have a grown up conversation even if you're not used to it, because practice makes perfect. If your parents didn't teach you this yet... — read more 

China! China! China! They are going to be number one in everything. They are going to be the most powerful country in the world. They have the people, the knowledge, the materials, and the hunger to work hard and win! win! win!

They are a rather weak and whiney bunch. I guess that company gave you guys a serious beat down. Took all the fight out em. All those years of sitting in an office chair makes for a big flat assand zero muscle. Makes my repo job quite easy.

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/chinese-upstarts-rockchip-and-allwinner-put-pressure-qualcomm-and-intel-tab/2015-08-21

Treasure trove of information. Thanks guys.

Howdy. I got the VSP after spending too long in my grade because of big lateral move. I dunno if I'll take it or not... I just noticed something funny about my last focal (S3 of course) It included a listing of "development and improvement... — read more 

Have no idea if many of U ever noticed while working for INTEL??? INTEL management will do/create for U all Very Fake Virtual Reality, and make U and Ur peers in Real World to be very South, just to trick U/Ur position and make/carve Ur senses to be... — read more 

http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2016/04/quit-job-right-way/ "Employees are paid salaries that allow the shareholders to extract as much profit as possible. And innovation forces the gap wider between the needs of the shareholders at the top and the... — read more 

Why layoff is creating so much hatred for the company . Till a day before news , everyone mighty be sitting in their comfort zone and thinking to retire in the same company and apprasing GPTW. Looks like everyone realizing that they are no more fit... — read more 

One bad CEO after another. Craig was a complete failure, handicapped IA32 to give a chance to IA64. Got Intel into a lot of legal crap. Paul got ousted, the stupid guy rejected being inside the iPhone. And now we got BK. And don't get me started on... — read more 

Why don't all you f--- wits stop wasting time. Clearly Intel is as bloated as my belly - one good fart and we'll try and blow the sh-- out in one go. The next step is to get you all on the hedonistic treadmill - start slimming this org down as my rsu... — read more 

Indians, B.K. Murthy are Just some speeding factors to this end. We all need to move on and re-invent ourself before too late?

Doesn't matter whether you are laid off or not (because you can never count on it anyway) you can always do something on your own. Don't have to work full time . Just spend the weekend and extra hours on your own idea. It might take a longer than a... — read more 

Good luck hope everyone gets a good deal

Particularly if you are fluent in chinese and English, they need people to help with the China deal on x8086 and you have that skill.

Welcome to the Chinese century. http://www.geektime.com/2016/04/26/chinese-chip-maker-releases-a-79-laptop/

The Chinese do no like to buy from western imperialists. Learn from Apple's experience. http://shanghaiist.com/2016/05/04/apple_china_troubles.php

Whether you've been laid off or not, you know hardware engineering jobs are in decline. If you've been in the field 15 or 20 or 25 years, but still got mouths to feed and bills to pay, what practical advice does anyone have? Software is good but... — read more 

They hires a non chinese speaker to lead sales and marketing in China, why? Politics! BK appointed Rupal Shah to lead China team. How AMD got the deal? The CEO is chinese. She speaks chinese. Speaking chinese makes a big deal in dealing with China... — read more 

I am thinking of joining a startup which has brilliant founders. I might also get promotion in my job title and salary. Does that sound like a good idea? I've never worked for a startup before. What are the pros and cons? Thank you !

Is this the end of semiconductor industry in US with same ending as auto industry back in the days? Usually when the big guys like Intel start shifting jobs to offshore others follow. Thoughts?

The end is near http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20160505PD210.html

NXP semiconductor. They have their sh-- together. Kicked our asses in NFC, and seems like they are positioned to be a pretty good leader moving forward. -Ex-Brcm

http://thetechportal.in/2016/04/19/no-job-cuts-india-intel-company-plans-increase-investments-support-digital-india/ http://www.rightsidenews.com/us/economics/intel-will-layoff-12000-american-workers-after-requesting-14523-foreign-workers/

Intel is no longer the cutting edge. Its the beginning of the end. Intel will probably sell its fabs and be fabless like amd. Intel is too slow and will not able to compete with coreans, taiwanese and chinese manufacturing giants. The company have... — read more 

Curious about how the culture is. In brief interaction I have had, it seems like a rigid organization, that put people on very narrow tasks with a rigid heirerchy on top of them. Any insider news? Also, is DCG not concerned about their slowed down... — read more 

Ant news about SSG project cancellation . Its huge organization . Intel is semiconductor company why need thousands of software people ..Just to make crapy tools and scripts. SSG is full of Chinese and indians . All are micro managers . Don't know... — read more 

All, anyone training H1B or Indian replacement at Intel? If yes, please post your study so people are aware this is not a rare occurrence but is the norm at Intel and many did not want to believe this was the case.

I wish the one or two trolls that post stupid sh-- would just get a job and stop getting in the way of reasonable information. H1Bs, racist nonsense, trolling blah blah... Seriously. Get a girlfriend or a job or something. Watch porn or do something... — read more 

I work in ICS. We have no idea if we are going to get blindsided or not. We just had a week of F2F meetings and upper management was there. The mood was definitely in heavier than usual. Lots of language about performance management and making... — read more 

Senior software engineer 12 years of experience, mobile software development on Android (primary), with a little crossover to iOS if needed. Small 150 person company. Base salary $168,500. Bonus tied to company performance, maximum eligible amount... — read more