Apparently, we're past the days when only the best wanted to work at Intel and we could choose who to hire. Our team got two new members in the last six months (after three people walked away) and I have no idea who hired them and why. They have no idea what they're doing, they obviously have no experience, and to say they're uninterested in improving would be an understatement. I swear, I hope they're related to somebody in the management because if they're not and they are the kind of new hires we can look forward to in the future, Intel is screwed.
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Wow @6ndf must have said something really really bad. Sent him back to OWG charm school.
@6ndf, look in a mirror- if you see an old white guy- you're safe
The fact is non-diverse old hires ran the company down. You should strongly diverse candidates. We recently hired a black candidate who graduated from a top school in the UK and who did postdoc in another top school here in the US. He’s been a miraculous addition — humble, extremely hardworking and talented. He’s like three competent employees. We’re so lucky.
New hire Indian(s). They lie easily! Especially boasting about their capabilities, their achievements. They have weak ethical work culture. This includes many things, from easily insulting you to wrapping up work -not in a meticulous way- just to show off. Pretty much sh-t it in all the time.
Did all the “veterans” on this website start having experience, or did someone show them the ropes? Is software something that people learn in 6 months?
Hahaha so true! It is ironic when you spent so much time getting into a company only to learn that it is best to leave and never ever associate with or recommend anyone from that company. Those who can leave, been that way for over a decade now.
The old hires are awful too, at least in my neck of the woods
Software team, this year is very frustrated, not many good resumes to pick from at all. Interviewed a bunch and opened the scope to whole US and Canada already, some candidates are really bad, ( I refused to hire diversity candidates ), there are four candidates which are relatively OK with me and we gave offers but none of them finally showed up, they all took offers from somewhere else.
What we finally hired, a few in Mexico, most of them I did not have the chance to interview, not sure how they get hired. Guess since head counts there are cheap, we did not take the hiring process very seriously. Some internal transfer (also no formal interviews required) which are quite mediocre as well, stay with Intel for quite a long time just come to work and wait for retire I guess.
No more H1Bs, this is the reason sucks that last 10-15 years…
To fix this support the new HR bill American Tech Workforce Act 2021.
This would raise the prevailing wage from $60k to $110k for H1B visas and eliminate the OPT program. From Intel's wage data on H1Bgrader , this would make sure that entry level software engineers (638 visas), component design (944 visas) or process engineer (474 visas) positions aren't set aside for foreigners.
https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/new-american-tech-workforce-act-proposes-elimination-of-opt-tougher-h-1b-visa-regulations/article_1eb13348-5cba-11ec-8dc5-b3b9cec8ac33.html
Is there a country specific bias in hiring?