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0 pointspacketlost7mo ago0 comments

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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_carbyau_7mo ago

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.

freeopinion7mo ago

Who gets to determine the bottom 50th percentile?

packetlostOP7mo ago

it doesn't really matter as long as you retain the top 10% who do 90% of the work.

willhslade7mo ago

I think you glossed over the question

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blitzar7mo ago

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.

BeetleB7mo ago

> 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).

SlowTao7mo ago

And welcome to the "fun" world of Stack Ranking.

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