We are being told to be back onsite worldwide, dis anyone get this communication or read it somewhere. I am concerned as i have kids and cannot leave them alone.
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Drop them off at Starbucks on your way to work
Guys this is work. This isn’t your parents or teachers or friends; it’s time to work without a safety net. A lot of you have been coddled way too much and it shows. Time to grow up and be adults. If you have kids figure it out. You can’t expect someone to come in and bail you out everytime.
I find it hard to believe Intel will make any blanket policy decision like this right now and I think it would be a very poor decision. Not that I think RTO is bad thing, I don't. But the CEO repeatedly said this was permanent years ago. People moved because of this. Why in the he-l would you move back to place you didn't want to live in to begin with, on your own dime (assumed), and for a company that is in the shape that it is. It is simply not worth it for most. So I suspect there would be a lot of resignation. Far more than what the company can currently weather and keep operations going.
My own VP, lives 2000+ miles away. So does CP. I know of another guy in my org living in Argentina. Do you think they are going to move back to Oregon or CA? Give me a break. It is not worth it. They are going to walk. I bet there are 4-8K in this boat.
So that is why I think it is being quietly pushed for now with no firm policy mandate. To be honest this is really Intel's fault to begin with. When they rolled this out they had no guardrails in place to keep people in a reasonable distance from a site (like other companies did). They also repeatably said this was permanent.
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IIRC, due to chips act, Intel is now required to provide on-site child care.
Get childcare like we all did before COVID. Anyone who assumed WFH is permanent assumed wrong.
Exactly. If you can’t balance it then quit. Dont cry to everyone about it. You made your choices now you have to live with the consequences. Shut up and figure it out.
OP, I’m not in the boat you are in but I understand the dilemma you are in. Having kids that need watching and what to do when you have to go BTO is a big decision to make for you and your spouse, I certainly wouldn’t want to put them in some daycare. Maybe it’s time to reevaluate what’s important in life.
I know it sounds like captain obvious and people can tell me to fu-k off, lol. But I really don’t care because showing compassion I will never feel bad about.
Unless you have a special needs child - there is daycare, after school care or giving them a key and trust to take care of themselves. If you have family lean on them. Both my husband and I have no local family, worked for Intel many years before working from home was an option and raised a family with the kids going to daycare. These younger workers think that they can have it all. You cant, you have to make decisions and sacrifices - that is what life is.
I am concerned that Intel hires people that can't manage their own personal choices, let alone add value to the firm...
...or you could arrange for child care like virtually everyone else has too... ever heard of day care centers, nanny or friends and family?
It’s hilarious that some people think that WFH has had any noticeable impact on Intel’s success
Daycare or nanny like all other working ppl do🤷🏻♀️
No matter if these are troll posts, the fact of the matter is two things will happen. I am a 26 year veteran, with no inside info. However here is what many others are thinking. With a new CEO a few of the first decisions made will be:
Trim workforce 20%
Enact RTO. We tried to differentiate ourselves from the rest of the industry and do remote. Everyone else that is having employees return to office are doing much better than us. It was another bad decision to not do RTO by Pambianchi and company. It is ki-ling the company.
My 2 cents
@ar+... maybe Intel's plan is to only keep the number of people their existing office space will accommodate. Intel still has far too many employees for the level of revenue it generates. Intel doesn't have any products in its portfolio that will bring any real innovation. The 20th generation of CPUs won't be substantially better than the current 14th generation. You need less employees to maintain a product line than you do to create new ones.
Oh yes I see it too, it’s in the Circuit+ article about our new CEO. It was her first decision.
And leasing space back for us and/or consolidating at nearby locations so your commute may increase
These are just rumors, Intel is selling and closing offices worldwide and encouraging remote work.
Sure, that will fix Intel. 😂 All that will accomplish is to drive away more talent. Perhaps that’s the goal.
This may be an indirect way to cut workforce. Between salary and kids, you need to make necessary compromise.
Pi-s off people like you? You're in denial
why do people reply to troll posts? all of the rto, bto, wfo posts are just to pi-s people off
Was told by manager in 1:1 today so i can confirm
It was mentioned during the CES keynote. Listen for that detail. Appears it will be a priority
Dis is y u shud not have kids. Becuz uvv sheet like dis.
Tough sh-t. No one cares. It was your choice to have kids. If you can handle it or figure it out you shouldn’t have.