> Intel already was undercompensating to the point of driving the talent out of their company to begin with. Yep. Intel salaries were already on the low side.

> Intel already was undercompensating to the point of driving the talent out of their company to begin with. Yep. Intel salaries were already on the low side. To some extent they could get away with this in the past because many of their locations were outside of silicon valley in places where there really weren't a lot of (or any) other companies where you could work at the same level. For example, say you worked at their Folsom, CA or Hillsoboro, OR locations - if you were going to change to a different company that pretty much meant you were moving. But now that a larger proportion of jobs are remote that strategy for keeping salaries low isn't going to work.