Why do we have these highly paid architects in these organizations that don’t deliver anything? Hmm
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@81q Yes, PIP those guys!
Fire Them, Not Me!
@81j It'll take a few cycles to shed the remaining bad hires of the past few years, and get everyone else more motivated to, you know, do their job.
The company really should consider doing cloud ranking on a quarterly basis, to speed things up.
Adoption of PIP would be a shock to the workforce, who often act like they have tenure or something. Force people to go through a process where they basically are assumed fired until they can prove otherwise.
Intel could use some PIP.
As it is now apparent that the company is taking action against low performers, those who wish to remain employed should be sure they are not engaging in activities during working hours that will get them flagged for removal.
For fab workers that includes idling in the cafe or out in their cars for most of their shift.
For everyone that means to consider that their internet usage is being monitored and that the facility cameras are being monitored by AI.
Historically the company didn't pay much attention to the behavior of any single person unless it was brought to their attention and expected the managers to be paying attention to their employees.
With fewer people, expect the managers to pay more attention to their workers, knowing that they are going to be asked to produce a list of the 5% to be laid off after the next annual or quarterly review.
Watch for signs that Intel is adopting some version of the Performance Improvement Program that the larger tech companies use to push out people on a continuous basis.
At the least, know that getting an IR rating means you should start looking for another place to park your car every day.
Stuff just got real.
Guess some are finding out right about now what InfoSec and IT do during the Hunger Games.
Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favor!
@1vf you are not even border line you have clearly crossed that line.
You people are borderline tarded. They do not monitor your personal cellphone use unless you are connected to your employers internet. Public school ediots.
Below is one of the descriptions of how the company monitors all outgoing communications, for the purpose of protecting IP but can be also used to monitor internet use during working hours.
Hacking cell signals is not that hard.
@vp+ That may be true. InfoSec has a lot of senior engineers due to the nature of what they do, and that likely includes some who are at this point paid well beyond what they contribute.
Considering the importance and challenge of what they do, those people would be replaced by external hires which would cost the same or more.
It is one of the areas in the company where the company has kept salaries relatively comparable because people in those roles can easily move between companies. HR has a list of roles which are to be protected, and those people get all manner of bonuses and pay increases.
I think what the OP is saying is that there are highly paid people in InfoSec that don’t do anything. In my experience they are actively holding the company back. The engineers in InfoSec get the job done for sure, but many of the architects don’t have the required skills for the amount of sway they hold over the execs and the decision making power they have.
Strong reaction to a description of what Information Security actually does.
Suggests that either some people know they are not doing the right thing, or possibly is disinformation to prevent others from getting curious about what InfoSec actually does.
The posters are correct, that the main focus is what the name inplies, information security. They have many side uses for the same data, and have teams which work with HR for those purposes as well.
Deny all you want, but be compliant.
The metrics are used for SLAs and Infosec could give 2 sh--s about performance as they'll be impacted as well
We have them so that they can monitor the the tools that monitor other monitors. The question is if they really are needed since apparently they just look at reports
@am The poster was saying that the monitoring technology was developed to deal with IP theft, but can be used for other purposes such as determining how much time an individual spends NOT working.
It isn't just something Intel is doing. If anything they are behind the curve compared to the big tech companies.
Most people have no clue, and that is how IT wants it to be.
That's why you have probably never heard of it.
Anybody seen Astroglide Man lately or is he still busy rubbing himself raw?
This site has nothing to do with IP theft. OP alluded to performance, id--t
@ag+1 HR uses the data provided by IT to determine how much time a user is spending doing actual work.
It's hardly the only thing they consider and most of the time they are not looking at that, but the automation of the data summary has improved a lot so eventually it will be continuous.
A person might look at the companies many stumbles and think that is what all parts of the company are like, and they would be wrong.
Just ask the dozens of former employees doing time for IP theft.
Yes. HR uses nearby cell tower data as input into your performance reviews. What a mo--n
@ab+1 They have been monitoring cell signals for years.
Not a new thing.
What a d-mb fu-k that thinks this “ or connected to a nearby cell tower is monitored.”
If OP knew what Infosec does then the question answers itself.
Fun Fact: one of the things it does is scan the Intel network, monitoring for internet use.
Any device on the network or connected to a nearby cell tower is monitored.
The main purpose is to detect IP theft but the data can be used for any purpose.
HR has the option of using this data when ranking employee performance.
Please do note that spending all day on TikTok and thelayoff.com is not considered work.
I don't believe OP will be with Intel much longer.
To get to the other side?