Thread regarding Intel Corp. layoffs

@b0 Hard agree. Every realignment/group restructure I've seen has been subverted by people in one or more of these categories. We've ensured that the best of the best ideas get up to someone like this who will promptly shut it down, treat them like a drooling mo--n, or send the person asking on a wild goose chase.

There is a new bill that will ban Chinese students visas, that's a step in the right direction to change Intel's culture problem. If they add Indian students on to it then Intel will be weak no more.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chinese-nationals-banned-from-us-student-visas-under-new-house-gop-proposal.amp

I'm always amused at how very little the people on this board know about the ways Intel is run from the shadows, beyond actual control of CEOs and the BOD puppets. That's what got the company into this level of big trouble in the first place, and it's still pulling the strings. Also, the prediction regarding TSMC is flat out wrong.

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Very true. Those positions. Especially PE are basically worthless now. Many PEs now demoted to lower ranks at other companies. It doesn’t translate over. It was one a prestigious position and rank but it’s been so watered down it’s worthless anywhere else outside on Intel.

Also expect anyone who has proven they can do their job remotely, to be replaced by offshoring and centralization, and this includes a lot of fab-related functions.

Those who are required to be on site, like a lot of those working in the fab, should get ready to be (largely) converted to contract work status. It's how the industry operates.

The days of using full time Blue Badge workers to do semi-skilled work are nearing an end. This is how they will make IFS profitable.

Oh yeah, and some manager positions will be eliminated as well, and the remaining workers will work from office.

IF I were to advise Lip Bu Tan, I'd eliminate all of people meeting ALL the below criterion:

1. Been at Intel Inc. LONGER than 18 - 20 years
2. At Grade 10 or above
3. In technical stream (PE, Sr PE, Fellow, Sr Fellow, Distinguished bull sh----r, Sr Distinguished Grease ball, etc)

Just one filter (see above) and get RID of the SC-M caught in the filter, you'd see a complete Intel Inc turnaround, in just 1.5 to 2 years

Expect quarterly or semiannual reviews, with the Bottom 5% being terminated.

Also expect enhanced monitoring of employee productivity, including abuse of Intel resources like spending all shift wasting time on the internet.

Those people will be terminated for cause.

Not saying this to be dramatic or anything. It is what all the big tech companies are now doing.

Not a smart time to be acting stupid.

Previous rounds of layoffs are what instilled “every person for themselves” culture in the first place.

Instilling a culture of trustworthiness starting with truth and transparency at the top is how you get even the current crew doing teamwork

There are so many PE, Senior PE, Fellows that it has become a joke on technical competence. If these roles are important, set up a target for dollar impact for the inventions that these folks have made. We are so far behind our competition that improving the feature is less important than the feature. Patents are important but let's not reward the minute achievements.

If team work will be emphasized, the entire Israel team will be sent off then.

Got to start with the ELT. Intel's ELT consist of a bunch of egoistic and territorial people who promote a culture of cronyism and self-preservation. Additionally, Intel has way too many VPs and Fellows who propagate the same culture while blocking teamwork and progress. He has to fix this with urgency.

Layoffs not required, mass performance based culling in the middle layers, severance for some leaders and bring in American leaders with experience elsewhere.

I usually found that the person complaining of a lack of teamwork was the person who was causing it. I managed several teams in the fabs and, for the most part, they got along. Some became like families, spending a lot of off time together (pre Covid at least) and some teams had personality conflicts that they dealt with in a professional manner. I think team work was one thing that Intel (the fabs at least) got right.

At least in my team we work together with one intel mindset. Haven’t see this kind of issue. I believe our problems started b/c of vsp given my top level executives and hence we lost good amount of talent. Additionally, middle management hire is bloated with too many VPs and less manager to employee ratio. Hope this will get addressed in coming days which MJ avoided completely.
Stating this, layoff is never a solution. We need to execute and get good products out in market with rapid velocity, this is only way out here, bringing random new folks in won’t resolve the issue , I assume we still have talent to save the intel

Cultural pivot requires more than the guy at the top. Unless we got a lot of wolves in sheep for their whole career a lot of ELT are going to hold the transformation back regardless of the big layoffs coming unless they are part of the layoff

The hardwork and teamwork culture is what Intel needs to resurrect. I hope Intel sets an example for the other falling star companies like Boeing and maybe Apple from now on.

Honestly I have never experienced this no teamwork culture. Maybe I’m just lucky.