Thread regarding Intel Corp. layoffs

(Grovian) relentless execution of a wrong or misguided strategy won't save Intel. Just hasten the inevitable.

@2udn of course. But now we are far down the woke path, and that is not being reversed at all. So really it’s just words.

Because it worked. The w0ke D.I.E. culture is draining the life out of US tech companies. Competitors outside of the USA that don't give a sh1t about it are surpassing US companies because they don't have to allocate hundreds of millions of dollars per year (literally, Intel spends over $100M/yr on it) for diversity, inclusion, and equity while at the same time lowering their talent standards and reducing their productivity. Get w0ke, go broke.

Can wait until they implement some half essed holding you accountable policy that is just a low effort layoff in disguise. Hold the visible part of the food chain accountable when it is the entire ecosystem. Where's my money Joe? Well Sam didn't pay me and Susie didn't pay Sam and Timmy never pays anyone on time!

There is a ton of incompetence and the decision has been made to move the goal posts

And is Intel documenting how they do things and then doing them those ways? ISO was hard to learn but is it still done?

In the old days, the phrase "we do what we say we will do" had significance because any failure to deliver on committed goals was very negative. Even missing a simple low level project milestone by a single day or two was very negative. Missing large Fab milestones or tape-outs or product development milestones cost people their positions and their jobs. Intel is so very far from this "Grovian" culture that it will take years to regain that level of accountability and discipline. AND, Intel can't do it with the new slacker generation of "work from home" 4 days a week, and complain to HR if a manager requires a more disciplined work environment. GLTA. I do wish INTC success.

Good thing that single man was so smart all those years ago to invent the wheel. Imagine if he alone had not devised putting a stick in a round thing and turning it sideways thus making it roll with minimal effort.

A dead man invented the wheel. Did his death make the wheel useless?

Ideas don’t rust. Saying that an idea is old doesn’t help your argument. Counter-evidence does.

This is what Pat said (so there is no confusion)

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We're bringing back the execution discipline of Intel. I call it the Grovian culture that we do what we say we will do. That we have that confidence in our execution. That our teams are fired up. That we said we're going to do x, we're going to 1.1x, every time that we make a commitment. That's the Intel culture that we are bringing back.

Because when nothing else works you need heroes. Cult of personality is very important at Intel. And now pray!

Grovian culture had a dose of meritocracy in it. Intel was one of the companies where Chinese, Indian, Muslim people all had chances for advancement based on what they did for the company, not because of their identity. Today, the Western elite, including everyone Pat needs to beg loans from, are in a war against meritocracy. It's doubtful that Pat can go against this tide.

What is Grovian culture? Accountability? Less overt nepotism?

Culture can’t fix a broken strategy.

Maybe a brilliant leader could both define a visionary and winnable strategy, then culture becomes a relevant thing.

When your strategy is broken doesn’t matter the culture.

OP a wokester in HR or on ELT who wants Pat to fail?

It's all a misunderstanding.
He meant Groveling, not Grovian.
Slip-up to be sure, but he couldn't backtrack after everyone got all excited.
It's what he expects of us all.

Maybe he thinks he’s going to drain the swamp of wokeism? So far, he has not.

It means when Intel falls, employees must suffer and if it succeeds then ELT takes credit. Didn’t you get the memo?