Manager of Intel Australia, David Bolt, said he expects headcount at the chipmaking giant's local operations to be reduced in line with the company's goals but couldn't say how much would be a direct result of the company's downsizing strategy.
Intel said yesterday that it intends to cut its global headcount by 4000, in conjunction with an announcement that company revenue had fallen by 52 percent sequentially in Q2.
"I would expect that if anything we wouldn't be out of line with the [global] 5 percent target, but we may not see any impact here at all," Bold told ZDNet Australia.
Intel recently made the positions of five workers redundant when it closed its online services business. As a result of yesterday's announcement, said Bolt, those workers may not to be redeployed within Intel.
Further reductions in head count would be a result of attrition as workers retire from service.
Bolt estimated that the company's natural attrition rate sits at around 2 to 4 percent, just below the company's global target of 5 percent.
Intel may soon divest its interest in a number of Australian businesses the company currently invests in, should it decide to change its focus.
Intel employs about 70 full-time workers in Australia.
