@d4+1jjdzm6xd "Sounds like trolling to me." Are you Pat? If so, let's have a conversation. Why did you invest over $30 billion in Fab at the expense of Intel products? Fab wasn't profitable, but Intel products were. You could have taken a staged approach—complete one node, prove its success with Intel products, and then move to the next. What was the rush to achieve the 5N4Y goal? Who even used those five nodes? Nobody! Now, consider your strategy—$30 billion spent with no return on investment.
You let Christy handle compensation and benefits, and to win your approval, she cut everything possible—removing coffee was a blow to employee morale, to say the least. Meanwhile, you were at Davos spending thousands to mingle with the elites, and Christoph took his team on a cruise—a prime example of irresponsibility and zero accountability.
What did you actually fix? Other than arbitrarily pulling the GNR schedule forward, your contributions were negligible. Because of your decisions, 15,000 people lost their jobs, and you walked away with a $20+ million package. I now understand why Andy Grove didn’t choose you as CEO. You may be a technical genius, but you lack the qualities of a true CEO. You drove this iconic company into the ground, and the world will remember you for this legacy alone.