Thread regarding Intel Corp. layoffs

Realistically, this has been the state of play since the BK era. Things could change, but they very well may not. At this point, I assume this is just how it’s gonna be until Intel proves otherwise.

It "eventually gets better" if you aren't laid off is debatable. I've been here for 3 1/2 years and layoffs during my tenure commenced in 2022/Q3 if I recall. That was the first of many rounds since then. After Pat "retired" in December and after those layoffs, I counted 59 (fifty-nine) colleagues from 2022 who were no longer with Intel. Not names I recognized, or names on a cc line in email, 59 people I had Teams meetings and conversations with, working sessions and reviews with. All gone. And more now.

Initially, there are rumors of impending layoffs, then initial announcements of upcoming cuts usually paired with an anemic earnings report, followed by general grumblings, uncertainty, and every-increasing angst, closing out with actual layoffs and farewell messages. Things then subside for a bit, those that remain try to shake off the tension and stress and survivor guilt, and work routine begins to feel stable again. Then one or two quarterly reports go by and the cycle repeats. Only with each subsequent layoff cycle, fewer and fewer colleagues remain, so each round the angst and stress grow because with fewer colleagues to cull, you know your time is coming sooner rather than later.

The workplace begins feeling a bit like Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum." At this point, not sure if staying, being laid off, or Poe's short story represents the happy ending.

@a7 as a new grad get out while you can, several years here you will be taints and unemployable. Just ask around.

@a7 sounds like ATTD LYA?

@a3 I used to think it would be better soon. I've been waiting for a long time for better side, but now days turn into months and months turns into years. Seems to just get worse over time and better is not obtainable. Maybe PG had a misguided vision, but at least his motivation talks were able to lift the moral of some. LBT doesn't talk; thus, we're all left talking among ourselves about doom and gloom. When we can only think about doom and gloom, we're not performing. When not performing, we once again fail.

Am I alone? I can't get to the better side.

@a7 You're full of Sh!t

I'm a freshman here and I also have this feeling.

Our team lead is supposed to be helping me and guiding me, but she's been too concerned about her job and saving her team for the last couple of years and hasn't really lead us in engineering.

Others on my team tell me not to worry and keep low, but I'm doing nothing.  I've been through so much training, but no real work.  They tell me to just collect my paycheck and stay out of trouble.  For the quarterly self-reviews, always check mark met target; nothing less, nothing more.

I was also sent home to work hybrid.  I became a antisocial hermit, spent much of the day watching Netflix, Youtube and po-n.  Now, I'll be expected to come to work 4-days a week.

Our lead is an excellent talker and the update presentations are top, so we've been spared many rounds of cuts.

I'm just not sure what my purpose is here, as all projects that I've worked on have been canceled.  Seniors here tell me to keep low and I'll be OK.

Maybe I'll survive until I get my sabbatical and see where I go.

Our team just learned that we're safe this round.

@OP There are a lot of people that feel the same way you do. You're not alone. It really all depends on how much you can take right now. If ypu dont get laid off, it will eventually get better. Even if you do get laid off, it could be a blessing. What it really boils down to is how much patience do you have right now and do you think Intel (as it is now) has a future?

Completely understandable how you feel. Unfortunately now with AI the work environment in general everywhere is going to become even worse with even lesser leverage for employees. For employers, AI is even better than outsourcing to China. I just hope I can somehow survive another few years until retirement.