Intel Lays Off 12,000 People After Lobbying For More Foreign Workers

[GURPS]

Intel Lays Off 12,000 People After Lobbying For More Foreign Workers



One of the top users of foreign workers imported via the H-1B visa program announced Tuesday it’s laying off about ten percent of its global workforce.

Tech giant Intel is laying off some 12,000 workers, although it’s one of the country’s 15 largest users of H-1Bs, which are temporary visas that allow companies to hire foreign workers for American tech jobs. The big-time layoffs come even as the company has called for hikes in the number of foreign workers it is able to hire using H-1B visas.

The chip-making giant said the mass firings are part of a “restructuring initiative” that will further its shift away from the PC business toward smart devices and cloud-based computing.

But the firings stand out in light of Intel’s lobbying to expand the H-1B visa program. In 2013, the company’s government affairs managers complained that Intel simply can’t find enough homegrown workers in technical fields to meet its needs. And in 2014, the company called for allowing the spouses and children of H-1B recipients to automatically qualify for work in the U.S. as well.

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[tommyjo]

Why do "the firings stand out in light of Intel’s lobbying to expand the H-1B visa program"?

The announcement quite clearly stated the layoffs will be global. It quite clearly did NOT say how may layoffs would be in the US.

Your source attempts to tie two issues together but fails miserably in doing so.

 

[LibertyBeacon]

Andy Grove did this back in the mid 80s when Intel was transitioning from making memory chips for PC manufacturers to making processors. And the cuts were much more then (a third of the workforce then vs. 11% now).

Intel will be fine.

And yes, the fact that Intel advocates for and uses H1B labor is irrelevant. You have to consider OP. These articles are written for the lowest common denominator and that's where you'll find SLURPS.