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Re:US Intel by packetlost on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @10:45AM (#45027292)
If Intel were well managed they would purge like 2/3rs of the managers and anyone in the bottom 50th percentile and then pay whatever it takes to get people skilled in their core industry back, training the remaining people as necessary to fill in gaps for the future.

They literally cannot have a culture that encourages the now-traditional job hopping that is so pervasive in American business culture. They can't afford it.

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Re:US Intel by freeopinion on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @11:51AM (#45028236)
Who gets to determine the bottom 50th percentile?
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Re:US Intel by packetlost on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @01:07PM (#45029383)
it doesn't really matter as long as you retain the top 10% who do 90% of the work.
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Re:US Intel by willhslade on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @01:49PM (#45029920)
I think you glossed over the question
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Re:US Intel by packetlost on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @01:54PM (#45029990)
Generally, the answer is management via performance reviews.
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Re:US Intel by willhslade on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @02:09PM (#45030173)
So current management, who had proven incapable of running a business, will be trusted to ignore past political games and just retain talent? That's certainly a take
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Re:US Intel by freeopinion on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @08:24PM (#45034000)
Presumably the same management that is proposed to be axed en masse with the 50% they are now tasked with selecting...
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Re:US Intel by jazzyjackson on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @10:52PM (#45034948)
Let's flip it. Direct reports get to vote on whether they would be better off without their manager.
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Re:US Intel by BeetleB on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @06:11PM (#45032991)
> it doesn't really matter as long as you retain the top 10% who do 90% of the work.

This isn't SW. Those ratios don't exist in the HW world.

(And to be frank, it's a myth in SW too).

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Re:US Intel by SlowTao on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @08:21PM (#45033981)
And welcome to the "fun" world of Stack Ranking.
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Re:US Intel by blitzar on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @02:39AM (#45036148)
I am yet to see a round of "cut the bottom 10%" that didn't end up also cutting a bunch of top 5% staff.
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Re:US Intel by _carbyau_ on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @07:41PM (#45033715)
In every workplace I've been, I end up thinking 50% of people here could be gone tomorrow and nothing would change.

But the real trick is filtering precisely the 50% you want.

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