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Gigabyte reportedly axing up to 10% of its staff
Things are a bit of a turmoil for Gigabyte ever since a year or two, and it hasn't ended. Many people have already moved or lost their jobs, and now another round is in sight as reportedly Gigabyte is to cut away another 5 to 10% of its personnel and marketing costs for 2019.
At the time of writing, Gigabyte has not issued any statements. Gigabyte has been reorganizing for a long time now, and a lot of good people have moved into new positions and even at competing companies. A further decline in GPU and motherboard sales forced the company to take action, according to DigiTimes.
Gigabyte's motherboard business is expected to be the primary target for layoffs, while there have been no plans to cut workforce at the graphics card business yet, according to the market observers.
Gigabyte shipped around 2.2 million motherboards in the fourth quarter of 2018, with its 2018 motherboard shipments reaching 11.45 million units, down from 2017's 12.6 million and 2016's 16 million. For 2019, Gigabyte is expected to focus on maintaining its volumes at above 10 million units.
Gigabyte shipped around 3.5 million graphics cards in 2016 and 4.8 million units in 2017 thanks to strong contribution from cryptocurrency mining demand. In 2018, the shipments had been sliding every quarter, dropping from the first quarter's 1.2 million to the second quarter's 850,000, the third quarter's 750,000 and the fourth quarter's 700,000, returning Gigabyte's annual shipments in 2018 back to the level of 2016 at around 3.5 million units.
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#5635267 Posted on: 02/04/2019 04:31 PM
Uh.... as far as I'm concerned, Asus either makes garbage products or good products that are heavily over-priced. I have never once seen Asus offer the best deal. Asus also panders to MS way more than any other hardware brand I've encountered, and that's not a good thing.
Gigabyte's overall quality may be worse, but I have never regretted buying a Gigabyte product and I have never wanted to rip my hair out when dealing with Gigabyte products.
They need to be really smart these days with offering customers the best deals. This is why ASUS are still number 1 for that reason alone. MSI have always been top of my list.
Uh.... as far as I'm concerned, Asus either makes garbage products or good products that are heavily over-priced. I have never once seen Asus offer the best deal. Asus also panders to MS way more than any other hardware brand I've encountered, and that's not a good thing.
Gigabyte's overall quality may be worse, but I have never regretted buying a Gigabyte product and I have never wanted to rip my hair out when dealing with Gigabyte products.
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#5635276 Posted on: 02/04/2019 04:47 PM
Uh.... as far as I'm concerned, Asus either makes garbage products or good products that are heavily over-priced. I have never once seen Asus offer the best deal. Asus also panders to MS way more than any other hardware brand I've encountered, and that's not a good thing.
Gigabyte's overall quality may be worse, but I have never regretted buying a Gigabyte product and I have never wanted to rip my hair out when dealing with Gigabyte products.
From my limited experience, Asus makes solid products but they are a bit pricey. Although i never bought their cheap/entry stuff, i always go for their mid or higher tier products and when it comes to MBs i only consider them because my experience with them has been great do far.
I hope Gigabyte doesn´t go under because we need choice on PC hardware.
Uh.... as far as I'm concerned, Asus either makes garbage products or good products that are heavily over-priced. I have never once seen Asus offer the best deal. Asus also panders to MS way more than any other hardware brand I've encountered, and that's not a good thing.
Gigabyte's overall quality may be worse, but I have never regretted buying a Gigabyte product and I have never wanted to rip my hair out when dealing with Gigabyte products.
From my limited experience, Asus makes solid products but they are a bit pricey. Although i never bought their cheap/entry stuff, i always go for their mid or higher tier products and when it comes to MBs i only consider them because my experience with them has been great do far.
I hope Gigabyte doesn´t go under because we need choice on PC hardware.
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#5635281 Posted on: 02/04/2019 04:49 PM
If you're willing to spend the money on mid to high end parts and comply with the way they want to do things, yes, your experience will be great. For everyone else, quality noticeably suffers and you get significantly inconvenienced.
From my limited experience, Asus makes solid products but they are a bit pricey. Although i never bought their cheap/entry stuff, i always go for their mid or higher tier products and when it comes to MBs i only consider them because my experience with them has been great do far.
If you're willing to spend the money on mid to high end parts and comply with the way they want to do things, yes, your experience will be great. For everyone else, quality noticeably suffers and you get significantly inconvenienced.
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#5635287 Posted on: 02/04/2019 04:54 PM
That´s curious, can you give me examples of how they annoy others that don´t comply? Honest question because i´ve never had issues with them.
If you're willing to spend the money on mid to high end parts and comply with the way they want to do things, yes, your experience will be great. For everyone else, quality noticeably suffers and you get significantly inconvenienced.
That´s curious, can you give me examples of how they annoy others that don´t comply? Honest question because i´ve never had issues with them.
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Its such a shame, as Gigabyte used to have such a good reputation in the industry for making some of the best motherboards and the customer support was on par. So many companies are making the same mistakes, hike up the prices, expect consumers to just buy it. They need to be really smart these days with offering customers the best deals. This is why ASUS are still number 1 for that reason alone. MSI have always been top of my list.