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Intel Lays Off Hundreds of Tech Admins (oregonlive.com)
Intel has reportedly laid off a number of information technology workers at sites across the company this week. Sources say the layoffs are numbered in the hundreds, but Intel has declined to specify how many people lost their jobs or describe the rationale for the cutbacks. OregonLive reports: The cuts took place at sites across the company, including Oregon, Intel's largest site with 20,000 workers. Cuts also took place at other Intel facilities in the United States and at a large administrative facility in Costa Rica, according to people familiar with the layoffs. Though Intel forecasts flat sales in 2019, people inside the company said this week's layoffs don't appear to be strictly a cost-cutting move. Rather, they said the cuts appeared to reflect a broad change in the way Intel is approaching its internal technical systems.
Information technology (IT) professionals don't usually develop new technology but they play an essential role in managing a company's internal systems. Their work is particularly important at tech companies such as Intel, which depend on IT workers to keep systems secure and running smoothly. This week's layoffs appear to be Intel's biggest cutbacks since 2016, when the company eliminated 15,000 jobs across the company through layoffs, buyouts and early retirement offers. "Changes in our workforce are driven by the needs and priorities of our business, which we continually evaluate. We are committed to treating all impacted employees with professionalism and respect," Intel said in a brief statement acknowledging the cuts to The Oregonian/OregonLive.
Intel isn't the only tech company laying off workers right now. A new report from The Mercury News reveals many Bay Area tech firms will be laying off about 1,200 jobs between now and Memorial Day. The layoffs are expected from SAP, Oracle America, PayPal, Instacart, Thin Film Electronics, and others.
Information technology (IT) professionals don't usually develop new technology but they play an essential role in managing a company's internal systems. Their work is particularly important at tech companies such as Intel, which depend on IT workers to keep systems secure and running smoothly. This week's layoffs appear to be Intel's biggest cutbacks since 2016, when the company eliminated 15,000 jobs across the company through layoffs, buyouts and early retirement offers. "Changes in our workforce are driven by the needs and priorities of our business, which we continually evaluate. We are committed to treating all impacted employees with professionalism and respect," Intel said in a brief statement acknowledging the cuts to The Oregonian/OregonLive.
Intel isn't the only tech company laying off workers right now. A new report from The Mercury News reveals many Bay Area tech firms will be laying off about 1,200 jobs between now and Memorial Day. The layoffs are expected from SAP, Oracle America, PayPal, Instacart, Thin Film Electronics, and others.
Congratulations, you have been replaced by cheap foreign labor! Make sure to vote (D) so you stay that way. But hey, someone else will pay your way, until the system comes crashing down.
Not saying anything else.
One of these things is not like the others...
Nothing says professionalism and respect like "Thanks for all your hard work that made our company successful, you can fuck off now!"
If you can. be part of the company that makes something the company derives revenue from, not part of the team that is "overhead".
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AWS or Azure will manage that domain controller farm and file share for 1/20th the cost of your salary.
How can sales be flat in 2019 when they have a backlog of orders for their chips? Machines we ordered last year were just now delivered in the last few weeks, and we still haven't received all the items.
Ive only ever heard this garbage from those to ignorant to actually do the same work with equivelant skill. Keep whiny lib arts majors
Well we all know he hates the Intel community and wishes he had the balls to actually fire people like he faked on TV... like everything with that obese lying traitor, it's a coin toss.
One hand takes away, another profits.
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Keep thinking that and then being shocked when you get laid off. Fortunately you spend no money on shampoo or deodorant, but your Cheeto budget will take a hit.
I think being a DBA is a great position, not only because it is less cool so you can always get another position easily...
In terms of the topic under discussion, databases are always important to public facing function as well as internal stuff, so you are (I think) far less likely to get axed!
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
If that's the only people you've heard it from, you don't read the news...or the article you clicked on, which is unsurprising. It's probably too painful.
If he perceives that most of the job losses are in blue states, then no, he won't give a flying fuck.
President of the base, not President of the country
they are getting replaced by AI but we already knew this...
Betcha a dollar.
If so, I wish them the best of luck.
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
so yeah, not so sure that'll work.
For me, the lesson here is that you're never safe unless you're so rich and well connected that nothing touches you (think Donald Trump). In other words, if you're a working class stiff you're always under water.
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Ah the sound of Trump and the Rethuglicans making America Great Again
What happened to the awesome economy? Too bad wages never went up, and the recession is starting already.
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
because of problems with their foundry. It's especially funny/sad because of the famous "Real men own Fabs" line they throw at AMD when AMD got out of chip fabrication.
AMD is currently doing great because the chip fabricator that makes their chips didn't have any issues.
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15 years and then 3 months of burnout before he just took the rest of his vacation days and had a retirement party. Unlike your example however he didn't have the drama with stock options or pay raises (he got capped at the top of his pay grade and would have had to become management to move up. The consistent complaints on his performance reviews were that he should mentor more of the younger employees.
He hasn't touched a computer productively in over 20 years.
Sounds like a secretary to me, or maybe a glorified secretary.
/. submissions? I don't have to anywhere else
Been doing this shit for 40 years and have never run across a tech admin.
And why to have have to manually add page breaks to
I guess the end of the Long Boom) (1980-2020) is almost upon us.
Large Cos. Are cold but they do offer experience. Getting tossed by your employer one of the experiences. ææ-åæ. Big Co brand can usually attract talent.
Never mind Trump. It ain't just the tech industry that's contracting. Auto, retail, restaurants - just look at the closings as chains shrink or just go away. They all see it coming.
Big news: capitalism is cyclic. Technically, we've been in an economic expansion since 2009 - the 2nd longest in the history of the United States. The tech layoff is just one more indication a recession's coming.
I am waiting for the day I get the door, because I am at the low end of meeting the Monthly quotas. No matter the difficulty of the issues, the company expects you to crank them out like widgets. My supervisor considers me an asset, and lots of people seek out my help on all things.Still I get mentions about the quota all the time. Doesn't matter if the clients are happy with what I do, either. My real value won't be known until I am let go, and the see the hole that is left behind.
Can we get an union now?
They also offer 100% security, provided you enable 2FA. Amazon and Azure have never have been breached, other than through bad client configurations.
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Uhhm just a short note to say : /.
Get a life,
Btw you missed Shanghai bills post in another column- you better get over there quick and make damn sure we know that you have zero life beyond
....That he basically ATTEMPTED TO RAPE A CLASSMATE also didn't really rise to the occasion of a lifetime appointment to the SCOTUS without investigation.
Fuck you, cocksucker. In this country we don't hold a man guilty based on the accusations of a single person ESPECIALLY when every single other person at the party told conflicting stories and none of them implicated him.
If there had been any sort of serious evidence he'd have been charged. Get this through your thick fucking head. SOME WOMEN LIE. Women lie out of regret, they lie out of vengeance, they lie out of anger.. Some women will tell a lie to destroy a man, because assholes like you instantly believe it. You have contempt for the idea of "a preponderance of evidence" or "innocent until proven guilty in a court of law".
Fuck off you beta sissy. You can suck up to women all you want, you will find it isn't a magic door into their panties. Women secretly have contempt for weaklings like you.
In other words, if you're a working class stiff you're always under water.
Then start your own business and quit whining. Doesn't have to be a big one.. You could be the sole employee. When you own your own business you'll quickly find that your efforts are rewarded in proportion.
I'm not saying everyone is going to start a successful business, but for those that happen upon the right location, circumstances, and need, the more effort they put in the more money they'll make. It's directly proportional and you aren't making money for someone else who might not put any extra effort in.
Right, because under Democrats there aren't layoffs? Of are you implying you want your socialist overlords to make it illegal to lay off people that a company no longer has a use for?
Perhaps we should have tribunals, where every company has to PROVE a job is being eliminated and not outsourced, before we permit an employment to be terminated.
I can't imagine that would have any effect on companies.. It certainly wouldn't make them reluctant to hire short term employees.....
Only the ones that wonâ(TM)t adapt/evolve enough to become cloud admins.
Yes, there wonâ(TM)t be as many jobs as before, but there are enough layers of complexity in the new technology that a competent person will dominate and profit from.
Just as an example: for those skilled enough it is easy to find a position to be remotely micromanaged by a 1st-world managerial type while working from abroad, doing technically fun stuff, in a niche with high entry bar and earning a good living in a nice weather/environment.
You have a deep sickness inside you that you actually are rooting for hard times for people because you do not like someone's views on tax policy. You might want to take a long look in the mirror and think about if you really want to be the villain that you have become.
"Liberalism is a very noble idea, currently controlled by some very bad people. Be sure you do not get the two confused.
The economy is going well for many sectors. However, Intel is suffering from a combination of silicon valley stagnation, too much overhead, crippling regulative burden etc. For example, Intel was the king of silicon for decades, but the bulk of computing has moved to the mobile market, where they are not a player. They have also missed hurdles on things like 10 nm chips, which has caused companies like Apple considerable embarrassment since they made laptop designs on the assurance that these cooler running chips would be there.
The high taxes and overhead inflicted by California is starting to drag many companies down. It is simply becoming cost prohibitive to do business there. Nice when you are a monopoly I guess, but the world is a big place and competition is a thing. In the real world, there are no participation trophies.
"Liberalism is a very noble idea, currently controlled by some very bad people. Be sure you do not get the two confused.
Democrats don't tell everyone America will be awesome and they're going to get all the jobs back and then fail at it.
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All the IT admins in the world need to form an elite hacking group. Let's show them why "the cloud" and outsourcing your IT staff is not secure.
Before "they" are replaced by AI they will be replaced by Natural intelligence from China, India, Malaysia, Israel, Russia and Poland. ;-)
check number of job offers https://jobs.intel.com/List/Cities
This is called globalization. and side benefit of vPro technology
Neocolonialism FTW!
I thought "DevOps" was the new buzzword everyone was embracing these days, is it stupid after all? LOL