I live in the area and know a LOT of intel fab workers.
The issue is not the workers: Intel has been captured by corporate raiders and toxic management.
They aren't interested in making chips or an innovative company. They just want to squeeze the juice out of the company until it is dry.
That is why it is so bad.
Instead of investing in the future and paying top dollar for top employees, the Board paid the shareholders (even 20 years ago). They never even tried to compete for the best employees, and instead let them all go to Alphabet/Apple/Amazon/Meta/Microsoft/Nvidia/Netflix.
This includes the employees in management.
Could you explain to those of us who don't understand how corporate raiders have influenced Intel's strategy?
Listed companies are too vulnerable to short-term thinking, thanks to the meaningless “fiduciary duty”.