In the wake of recent layoffs, the Intel Oregon workforce is down to its lowest point in more than a decade, reports Oregon Live / The Oregonian. Worryingly, the newspaper’s sources have indicated that this isn’t the end for Intel's Oregon job cuts. Moreover, cuts as deep as this do not just affect Intel and its newly redundant staff; the Oregonian highlights the fact that the well-paid roles “helped buoy the whole state,” thanks to tax receipts and other factors.
Intel has a long and illustrious history in Oregon, but its inexorable growth now seems to have done more than just stall. This change in fortunes will be especially painful to the lives and plans of employees. Only a year ago, they would have been hearing and reading reports about a massive expansion in Oregon, with thousands more jobs.
