Thread regarding Intel Corp. layoffs

@qfs put it perfectly. I know amazing women who hate the diversity initiative. First, because they see unqualified URM's coming in and they (like anyone else who isn't stupid) know who gets to pick up their slack. And second, the great big "hired because female" sign BK just hung around their neck.

I have to admit, I really like most of the women I work with. They're open enough to admit that they look at URM's now and wonder if they were actually qualified, versus toeing the diversity line like a good little woman. They find it amusing that pro-diversity people are telling women how to behave and go nuts if they don't conform. Some liberation, eh?

jlr and guh... EXACTLY. It's those knock-on affects that only those with high EQ can understand.

BKs EQ is in the gutters with his 'manage by fear' 19th century philosophy he is using to whip his animals.

but I hear BK will pay more for the URM. He was explicit they are in hind demand and simply economics says pay more for the scarce resource.

This URM candidate will get paid more than peers, what a deal, but what a hostile / resentful place to come into. I would think even for $ I'd avoid it. I want to make it on my own, not because of some quota.

@qfs

It will also drive away non-diverse high perfomers.

All the good people outside Intel avoid it like the plague.

Thanks Renee

If I were a diverse employee who was REALLY good the ABSOLUTE LAST (and I mean dead last) place I would work would be someplace that someone could say "oh, the only reason he's in the position he's in is because he's a minority and the company promotes minorities faster". That is the WORST CASE for the highly skilled minority employee: to be disrespected because of the company policy that tries to force respect onto you. Diversity efforts based on quotas like Intel's will inevitably fail spectacularly because they will drive away the best diversity candidates and keep the worst.

It will be another case study of the innovator's dilemma.

Intel for the past 10 years should have realized that their foundation and crown jewels was their factories and the ability to push Moore's Law. The x86 was just the design they took for the ride. It could have been Power, SPARC, Alpha, 6800, ARM for that matter. It was always the technology and volume manufacturing that was the competitive edge. Then the volumes grew, and the money could be poured back into the R Samsung, Nvdia, Apple, AMD all go else where for their advance nodes. Thus intel is stuck with their rapidly shrinking x86 to pay for billion dollar R&D and lower volumes. They are going the way of IBM, DEC in soon having not enough to pay / fill their factories..

Dire case study indeed!

"xdr you must work in a production fab where everyone truly is replaceable. That's not true in every environment - not all jobs have checklists that anyone can operate. Think about it."

Exactly

I'd imagine that BK views the diversity initiative as one more albatross that Renee James left around his neck. Certainly the diversity initiative(s) didn't cause Intel's problems.

The way I look at it is this way: If Intel was an awesome employer and had office locations that were attractive to minorities (e.g. not Hillsboro, OR or Silicon Valley), then Intel would attract the best and brightest women and under-represented minorities. It's not though. Because BK manages by numbers / decree (vs. a coherent strategy), people make the numbers by any means necessary. Which, of course, undermines both the spirit and impact of the program. And fails to link this program (like so many others) to some coherent, broader value to the company and its employees.

It is clear that BK and the Intel board are way over their heads. Game shows, diversity program, investment announcements and all of the other tactical PR BS won't get people to refresh their PCs any faster or make up for some strategic misses. And that's why Intel's in a world of hurt today.

I predict this will be an MBA case study for what not to ever, ever do

xdr you must work in a production fab where everyone truly is replaceable. That's not true in every environment - not all jobs have checklists that anyone can operate. Think about it.

But in the grand scheme of things, 1 employee really doesn't matter.

! does not. 1000s do.

The question isn't "if" at this point it is only how fast is the company going to become the shell. As a 20 year veteran it is so sad to see how much opportunity was squandered away by management.

Intel eventually becomes a shell of its former self thanks to getting rid of everybody with experience

What goes around, comes around. ;-)