It's one thing to try and break the culture that has lead us to this point (a culture that's guided from the top down btw). It's one thing even to trim the payroll in order to do so. But to rewrite the rules for what's considered poor performance, to issue secret layoffs, to make thousands of employees who thought S meant Successful, ineligible for rehire, which we've already heard can hurt their ability to find work outside of Intel??? Look at this blog. What coveted RCG in their right mind would want to work for Intel given the way they see the company treats its employees? You're ripping at the heart of the company BK. A heart that you'll need if Intel has any chance, doubtful as it is, of turning this ship around.
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looking back I think I sacrificed 15 years because I loved my colleagues and all but 2 of my managers...life after Intel is amazing, I can't believe it took me so long to leave.
Welcome to INHELL
Plenty of H1Bs will enter the US and take your jobs. They will tolerate slave working conditions.
Just shy of a year ago on a Friday, after 16yrs on the job, I read in the Oregonian about impending layoffs. I was in a good place with a great manager, but based on my experiences with the previous manager, I knew I was on that list.
Yep, I was out. Stuck around to make sure we had a clean hand-off of my work. Got a couple of Kudos with a nice chunk of change attached for professionalism and a good going away lunch. And out the door I went.
Best thing that ever happened to me. I had a job offer by the end of the same day the Oregonian published the layoff. What I regret the most? Not leaving Intel sooner. My life, pay, and piece of mind all improved when I left.
While it is painful getting canned, it might be for the best. Those 16yrs at Intel were pretty damned miserable overall looking back. I have no idea why I sacrificed so much for them.
Never again.
when I started at Intel in 1997 the h/c was only 64K and the bunnymen were everywhere. AG was transitioning to CB and stock was in the 80's...now the company is unrecognizable to me and the lay-offs keep coming and coming. Horrible, just horrible. AG said tying CEO pay to stock price is detrimental, now look what is happening. Barrett is probably so disappointed...Read this article by our greatest CEO and ask yourselves if this is at all the direction of the company? Everyone should be deeply worried: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-07-01/andy-grove-how-america-can-create-jobs
Thoughts & prayers to everyone!
I left the New Mexico site when he was a manager there and it was, in no small part, related to lack of vision and leadership.
I should have started looking for jobs as soon as he was announced as ceo. I made the mistake of thinking that maybe he'd gotten better and that influence from other managers/advisors would keep him in check.
I was, clearly, a naive idiot.
Great post, OP. That's exactly what BK has done! This company is the rotting husk of what it once was. Time to find a company that has decent prospects and leaders who are not so evil.
Yes I wonder if those who are left standing will start to look for another job anyway.
You are right. He doesn't care, he just wants his stock to go up by cutting costs.
Pretty damn too late to talk about this.
This is disastrous for the company. Trust is gone. Bye bye Intel