Many are focussing on the 12,000 number. Many forget Intel has acquired a whole bunch of companies over the past few years including McAfee, Altera etc. Now mix in a change in strategy, you find yourself with a bunch of people you no longer need. Redundancy of services like HR, IT, test, design, management etc along with another class of engineers whose skill set you no longer need in your new direction.
Organizations continue to evolve and change direction. I am not saying leadership has not failed spectacularly in mobile, but some of the 12,000 jobs are a natural progression of acquisitions.
>Many forget Intel has acquired a whole bunch of companies over the past few years including McAfee,
They should just fire everyone from that acquisition and close down the whole division. It's nothing more than a huge stain on the rest of the company. It's really sad that the world's largest chipmaker reduced itself to being a malware purveyor.
Don't know, but I'd assume Intel's McAfee idea was more for the enterprise market vs selling junk to consumers. At the enterprise level it's somewhat more defensible, plus it opens up paths to desktop management capabilities.
If that's true though, then the failure is not making these changes on a constant basis (100s at a time) and instead saving it all up for a massive blowout.
no, not really. look at the timelines for Altera & McAfee acquisitions and how many employees & sites were added to Intel books. Pretty much last year.
now add a change in strategy. better do it at once and move on.
Organizations continue to evolve and change direction. I am not saying leadership has not failed spectacularly in mobile, but some of the 12,000 jobs are a natural progression of acquisitions.