When covid happened intel got more out of us. Without the commute we all worked the hours we would be commuting in exchange for this flexibility.
The problem with going back is they want us to still work the extra hours while coming in at the same time.
It’s just wrong!!!!
RTO Primer. Wake at an appropriate time to shower, kiss your wife and kids goodbye, show to work on time, interact with coworkers, create a vibe, wash your hands after using the bathroom. It requires a certain discipline, but it is possible
Intel's current problems stem from missteps on the part of senior management going back at least twenty years, when the CEO "made the strategic mistake of ignoring the mobile processor market and developing a credible technology to counter ARM-based architecture. This sealed Intel's fate for the next two decades." [Wikipedia]
Return To Office won't fix the problem. Nor will laying off another 30,000 people.
You'd be better served having a serious conversation with a child re this subject
You context re--rd is many people dont work when WFH and intel is too much a pu--y to say it. There is your CONTEXT
Most of the comments here are meaningless without context. Say what you do in your jobs, then you can totally wfh or you could leave and wfh for other companies. Using "talents" will leave as reason is weak.
@e5+... @d9+ here. Your solution is to threaten to be obnoxious on the phone if you have to go into the office? Retention issues are for reasons other then WFH for most people who leave voluntarily. Move closer to your next job so you don't have to complain about the commute. You chose to live where you live so don't blame anyone else for your decision. I have worked both in office and WFH and I can see big differences in productivity for entire teams when you collaborate face to face. Problems get solved faster and decisions get made quicker in person. WFH isn't really a free perk when you look at the impact to productivity of the entire company. When Intel has been successful it wasn't a bunch of individuals contributing independently which is what WFH creates, it was individuals who were part of a team that were more successful collectively. There is a team dynamic that just doesn't exist with WFH. I am not talking about the family BS that used to get pushed either. If you want to work from home become a contract worker. You can actually make more money when the company isn't carrying the overhead of you being a full time employee. It can be more stressful but look at where you work now. It won't be a big change. Since you will get paid hourly as a contract worker you get WLB thrown in as a extra benefit for free.
@e3 that is a problem with Intel too many meetings with people creating presentations for those meetings and not focusing on what really needs to be done.
Du-----k your commute is your time not intels, dont give a sh-t how long you spend in it as its YOUR time not OUR time as Mr Hand would say.
@d9+ WFH is a perk the company can offer not only for free but make money off of by consolidating office space
With the talent retention troubles we have right now free perks are the dirt simplest way to address such issues
@d4+ that’s why they don’t pay relocation for new hires
BTO lovers — would you rather I go into office where I can hold my phone meetings with other sites where it will disturb other cube dwellers or spend the commute time working on turning Intel around? When you realize you can’t just reach into my pocket and pull out infinite time I think you’ll realize we ALL have better things to do than commuting
Don’t downvote, respond. Why do you like sitting in a hotel desk so much?
We’ve been asked to come in 3 days a week. Many still don’t. Something I’ve done is that if I knew I had a lot of meetings and presentations to get done, I stayed home to save time.
I say let those that can WFH just do that. It doesn’t mean that they are more productive or even productive at all you just deal with that employee not being onsite and you work without them. But what it does mean is you can find a better parking spot and the Cafe is not over crowded, to me that’s a win on all three accounts.
WFH and WLB are perks a performing company can offer. Intel is not performing so why expect perks. Intel needs 30K less employees and the rest need to show up in the office executing on a clearly defined strategy. Unfortunately Intel's strategy really isn't very clearly defined and its place in the market demonstrates this. If employees are demanding more than the company can offer then this will just be another ingredient in the recipe for Intel's failure.
It comical that people think intel owes you for your commute. Fu-k you move across the street and walk. Your commute is on YOU!
WFH totally depends on what your job is. The productivity of my team improved when we started WFH. Of course, there will always be slackers, even when working in office, and that is what performance evaluations are for.
@ch+1jgjgee9b totally agree with you
OP: how are you certain the company got more out of you when you WFH? How many hours did you commute before? When you say extra hours if working in office, where are the extra hours come from, besides the weekly 40 hours?
@bf say you dont matter without telling everyone your work really doesn't matter
WFH and WLB are about all Intel has going for it in the employment market. Take that away and even more talent will flee.
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Right these POS’s need to go. Call ICE
I am so much more productive working from home that I can generate breakthrough designs on a daily basis for Intel to profit from while working on backup business plans to make extra income and quit my job when Intel cancels work from home.
Finding complex, anecdotal evidence for a counter argument and promoting said evidence as a “primary motivation” is why Intel stock price is $20. Come back to the office or quit. Choices and decisions need to be simple or else change takes longer than a CEO’s tenure.
Prior to covid WFH was an occasional event for most people. Covid is over and so is WFH. Work is rented behavior, they pay you to behave in a manner that benefits the company ie do a job. You can use that money to do what you want outside of work. I can do my job from home or the office but I can see the benefits to the company (and myself) if I am showing up in person. You will lose this fight and your job if you don't comply. Maybe an option would be to pay WFH employees 75% of in office wages and double the expected time to get promotions. Also expect more oversight (micromanagement) to ensure you are productive.
This is a lie, no one expects more hours plus working in the office. This is a made up counter point for the people who now refuse to work 40 hours in the office
Then find some other place to work?
If you don’t want to do it then someone else will.