At first I thought this was from the Onion…
Good for him if he follows a practice like this routinely, but the optics of doing it “for the employees” is a bit weird.
Former Intel chief Pat Gelsinger, who stepped down from his leadership post a week ago, is inviting people to join him in prayer and fasting for the struggling chipmaker’s employees.
“Every Thursday I do a 24 hour prayer and fasting day,” Gelsinger wrote on X on Sunday morning. “This week I’d invite you to join me in praying and fasting for the 100K Intel employees as they navigate this difficult period. Intel and its team is of seminal importance to the future of the industry and US.”
The 63-year-old Gelsinger resigned from Intel and its subsidiary, Mobileye, on Dec. 1, after spending three decades of his career at the company, including the last four years as its CEO. The chipmaker has struggled amid the rise of rivals like Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., and Gelsinger’s departure comes in the midst of a four-year turnaround plan aimed at bolstering Intel’s chipmaking competitiveness.