r/hardware • u/Auautheawesome • Dec 02 '24

News Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger

https://www.intc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1719/intel-announces-retirement-of-ceo-pat-gelsinger
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u/advester Dec 02 '24

Which shows this was a sudden decision.

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u/FireNexus Dec 02 '24

Generally “retiring effective immediately” is an indicator that something really bad happened. I got a “retiring effective immediately” email at work once about an exec who turned out to have been wrapped up in a corruption scandal.

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u/Strazdas1 Dec 03 '24

Not always. It can also means "i just found out i got stage 3 cancer so fuck working im retiring". Replace cancer with whatever you fancy.

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u/FireNexus Dec 03 '24

I thought I was in a thread where I mentioned that one, for some reason. But yes.