- Intel dismissed another 5,000 workers after 20,000+ is already back earlier this year
- Non-core roles in California and Oregon are most exposed to
- Falling market dominance is largely to blame
Intel plans to dismiss another 5,000 workers, mainly over California and Oregon, as part of his wider efforts to reduce the staff number by approx. 20%, reducing costs and improving profitability.
The company has already made a number of redundancies affecting about 20,000 workers this year alone, with Intel’s new CEO, LIP-BU Tan, with reference to the company’s falling X86 market dominance, its weak presence in the GPU market and, along with its founding services.
The latest redundancies were confirmed via worker adjustment and retraining message (Warn) messages required for major job cuts.
Intel continues to dismiss tech staff
The majority of workers affected in the latest reduction of employees will be from California (2,000) and Oregon (2,500), but hundreds are also expected to lose their jobs in Arizona and Texas. Israel also sees job cuts.
It is assumed that non-core departments, like HR, Marketing and Admin, are most at risk with hardware teams that mostly appear unaffected. Intel says it is working to become a slimmer, faster and more effective company.
Although technological redundancies remain common in 2025, as AI efficiency gets, companies let up more output with fewer people, Intel’s cuts are exceptionally deep. Huge streamlining efforts are underway: “Many teams are eight or more layers deep, creating unnecessary bureaucracy that slows us,” Tan wrote in a staff memo in April.
With the new leader at the helm, teams are also asked to reduce and remove any unnecessary meetings, which keeps participants to a minimum to ensure more time spent on productive work. Workers are also expected to attend the office at least four days a week beginning in September 2025.
Despite a seemingly infinite spectrum of challenges, Intel’s latest quarterly turnover remained flat year old over year.
