Thread regarding Intel Corp. layoffs

coughmcafee *cough

"Intel has acquired 76 companies since 1997. Does anyone know of JUST ONE of these that has added value to Intel?"

Many of these could have added value to Intel had they been part of a coherent and ongoing strategy that incorporated them (or their IP). But first there needs to be a coherent and ongoing strategy...

@Ht7m7fB-1fne It is hilarious. By the same logic, all the currently failing projects are the risk-taking examples to lead to the eventual successes somewhere.

Larrabee was not a failure, but an example of risk taking and being adventurous that eventually lead to Xeon PHI business!

Intel has acquired 76 companies since 1997. Does anyone know of JUST ONE of these that has added value to Intel?

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/intel/acquisitions

Jen hsun huang certainly opened a can of whoop asson Intel

How BK is still getting paid is beyond belief! He should be paying Intel back out of his own paycheck for all his poor business decisions.

We have paid the price of Intel management failures two-fold. Loosing our jobs, as an employee, and decline of stock prices, as a share holder. The latest management mistake has been the layoffs which has been viewed by the market as a sign of failure and desperation. From the day of layoff announcement to today, Intel value has dropped nearly 10%.

You got the "nothing gained" part right

Nothing ventured, nothing gained?

SLM and FLM need to shoulder dome of this blame for not being willing to challenge bad decisions by middle and upper management. The whole mgmt chain should be blamed because worker bee employees are not permitted to make decisions. Frankly, the mgmt chain in every Intel group is horrible and they do not challenge the status quo. How else has Intel gotten to this current predicament?

Oh, and let's not forget about the highly prized "Intel Values" that each employee is reminded of on the back of their badge calendars... Intel talks big about transparency, accountability, doing the right things right, etc.. but I guess it only applies to the worker bees, because what the higher ups display are LACK of transparency (such as sneaky focal vsp/isp criteria not articulated to employees), LACK of accountability based on substantive post-mortems (those big wigs who make these bright and grand decisions about company direction and product focus certainly don't pay the price - or if they do get ousted, it's a quiet behind the scenes type of thing with the public spin being that they are choosing to "pursue other interests" and other such BS reasons..., and finally LACK of doing the right things right, as witnessed by Intel being caught red-handed along with other major tech companies in the old boys network, ILLEGALLY agreeing not to poach each other's talent in order to keep salaries under control.

Any other examples?

Very good point

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