Intel has begun to send formal notifications to 1,300 employees at its Gordon Moore Park facility, saying that they only have until next month to stay in their position. This massive job cut is part of the company’s plan to cut more than 15% of its workforce as part of its plan to help turn around after suffering massive losses. According to a report by The Oregonian, this reduction-in-force will affect more than 5% of the Intel workforce in Oregon, and would make it one of the largest layoffs in the state’s history.
Note that this does not include the number of employees that took voluntary severance, buyouts, and early retirement options. Given that the company had 23,000 workers in its Oregon site earlier this year, a 15% reduction would drop this to less than 20,000 employees. The 1,300 affected workers would be less than half of Intel’s target reduction. So, if the company will apply its reduction evenly across the board, we could expect the number of workers that will leave Intel, whether voluntary or not, to reach over 3,000.
