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Intel is laying off over 15,000 employees and will stop ‘non-essential work’ (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 months ago by Eezyville@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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So they got all that money from Uncle Sam's CHIPS Act only to lay off 10,000 employees and make themselves "lean". Govt funded unemployment.

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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 36 points 3 months ago (1 children)

$20 billion investment that will generate 3,000 jobs

Lol that's $6,666,667 per job. I could create a job with that much money: counting all my fucking money.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Actually, yeah, one can pick 3k people and just pay them 4k$ per month indefinitely till they die and something will remain.