Stop paying attention to what’s going on with the company. It’s going to be bad. You need to detach yourself from any belief in Intel’s future or in your future with it. Don’t focus on the layoffs. Assume your job could disappear at any moment. The only things worth your personal investment right now are your job search, developing side business ideas or fallback plans, and building up savings to help bridge the gap if you're let go. That’s it. Worrying, stressing out, or taking this company seriously is completely pointless.
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I agree too. The need of the hour is to focus on execution, streamline the organization, drive greater efficiency and increase accountability at every level of the company.
Keep working hard and put in long hours and be flexible and humble. And focus on innovation. Need my stock price to go up.
please please work extra hard please sacrifice yourself
I agree. A turnaround is just over the horizon. Keep the effort up and, I promise you, things will get better. Just need to put your head down, work hard, and don’t get discouraged - no matter how much time it takes. Negativity won’t help get there so stay positive and keep striving.
there is hope please please work extra hard please sacrifice yourself and most importantly get the stock price up so all us who go laid off can at least make some money off of your back
If you are staying at Intel, make sure you are developing a skill that is accepted industry wide. Do not get stuck on projects that use Intel specific code or tools (there are plenty). Make sure you are building you resume so that you are hirable elsewhere.
Long timers at Intel can’t get a job outside the prison gates so have to stay until later. No one one’s to hire someone tainted with 20 years of bureaucracy and the Intel way. Problem is the old timers are the reason why Intel is where it is today. So death spiral.
Yea only reason to stay is because no one else will hire you. Intel fd you over. So it’s ok to be bitter.
@OP sounds like upper management..he's got no ride or die in his frail bi--h a-s
A few decades ago I worked at Sun Microsystems when it was at the height of its power and influence. Unfortunately, like Intel the Sun Micro management took its eye off the ball and was slow to react to market changes because it had fallen in love with its products. The collapse happened quickly, with the share price falling from the mid-60s to under 10 dollars. Oracle acquired the Sun Micro corpse. All that is left is Java. Intel may well meet a similar fate. Such is life in the fast lane.
need to face the reality that you are staying at Intel because you can't find a external job and you have nowhere else to go.
If you want to sell your stock, you have to change your mindset.
Stop paying attention to what’s going on with the company. It’s going to be bad. You need to detach yourself from any belief in Intel’s future or your stock's future with it. Don’t focus on the quarterly report. Assume your stock could disappear at any moment. The only things worth your personal investment right now are other stocks, and building up savings to help bridge the gap if you lose your shirt. That’s it. Worrying, stressing out, or taking this company seriously is completely pointless.
Sell. Just sell.
Nice try Dave Z!
I don't believe OP is going to make it.
Bruno from Encanto has been giving the board prophecies of Intel’s future
we don’t talk about Bruno
Get off your behind and polish your resume, if you can’t figure out how to do that ask grok. Create a link in account, Glassdoor, other job sites, ask grok. Grow your network. If you have friends reach out and ask about any opportunities. Apply for jobs, interview. Move.
@a9 "i don't believe something something" you write the same thing everywhere, just badly adapted to each post. It's probably some inside joke that you and a few friends of yours find funny.
I'm sure after one more thousand attempts it'll start to be funny for everyone else, keep going boss! Don't let anything stop you!!!!
OP speaks truth. Much preferred by most of us.
I don't believe OP knows this site is merely for trolling.
Having gone through a layoff unannounced during ACT/SET, I vidly remember the agony for a long time. I rededicated myself to a completely different lifestyle which is more than a career. Rest assured that you will find yours. It may or may not be the same path as you are used to. Find that purposeful path for you. Good luck.
@OP
Agreed! I've been practicing this since 2010 when I got laid off from my last gig.
I make sure I can survive a min of 6 months, not only financially but mentally with other distractions so I am not so focused on the job hunt.
Wow, actual good advice on this site! The only thing I would add is to expand the personal investment to include time for yourself and family. Remember the old phrase "work/life balance"? It really matters.
Right you are. I've been practicing that mindset the last 4-5 years.