Thread regarding Intel Corp. layoffs

So, are we not supposed to sign and accept package, if we wanna go for class action ?

dinged for MLOA 18+ years hard worker. Shame on my buffoon manager. Count me in!

There are folks who has received exceeds expectation with ssl4 - take higher raise but accept lower stock. Ssl4 obviously has dual meaning.

I couldn't find gillard & co email address where we could each send our stories. If they receive enough stories, they might take interest.

In for class action. We need to act fast else people will be receiving packages in the mail and signing off their rights.

Agree, so many of us work even when not on call and responsible for projects that never stops... meanwhile others that are friendly with managers and responsible just for projects M-F get to stay? what a bunch of crap!

I am in for the lawsuit for sure. Laidoff for SSL4 only. Never a BE or an IR. Please post if anyone hears of a class action lawsuit. I plan to contact the same company that won the other lawsuit against Intel.

One reason we could win here are points. At Will might protect them but there are gray areas that a court might look at things differently. My points below.

1. Most mangers when this happen in July of 2015 said they were NOT aware of the policy. Well this is poor coaching on Intel's part. These managers did not know what they were doing when giving out SSL4.

2. One manager told me the nomenclature of the number level 4 was related to a range of grade levels. Nothing related to performance. The amount of stock given was related to performance but not the level number

3. We are being discriminated against in comparison to others who might have received a SSL in previous years before this policy was enforced. Getting put on some database again is discriminating . They need to go back all the way to get everyone that was let go in the past and get them on the list too.

4. The fact that SSL never appear on your review again, it is a volition. It shows up no where on the review and when you get higher raises you assume you did a better job than the average person next to you. Again giving the employee a false sense of their performance.

Intel is at WILL they can get rid of us but than they need to do it across board since they have been a company using SSL as a performance metric. They need to go back all the years where this applies.

Class actions win...for one individual it is very hard.

Where do you get the list of emails?

When Intel used ssl4/5 as lay-off criteria for the first time and some one else in your team was let go last year, what did you really think of that unfortunate colleague? Did you think of him/her the same way as you think of yourself now? Did you say anything truthful and sincere as he was leaving and learned something from him as a result?

I did and I was able to fend off ssl4 for 2016 Focal.

Nice! I share the same thoughts. Is there a mailing list available for laid off employees? Power is in numbers, knowledge, and motivation.

You should also think you the devious guys in the compnay, perhaps managers themselves, who are getting paid handsomely to refer " young " engineers. They have the replacements in place and then fire the "senior,costly" workforce. How do you justify indiscriminate hiring on one hand and lay offs on the other.? A scam with monetary implications indeed.

Wonder how many Murthy inducted in the very recent past.

Intel may not have asked for loyalty but they darn sure participated in collusion with other companies to make sure they wouldn't hire us...I got a settlement check for $4600 the day before Christmas 2015 for the High-Tech Employee Anti-trust lawsuit because my position at Intel qualified me as a class member....and I left Intel 3 years ago. So, ee's may not be entitled to loyalty, but they surely are entitled to leave and seek employment elsewhere if they want to, without having Intel making secret deals with other companies not to hire them.

Right on to the previous post.

I hear "loyalty" mentioned a lot in this forum. What does that mean? Did you have better offers from other companies that you turned down to stay at Intel? Did Intel promise you tenure for not moving to other companies? If not, don't ding Intel for not valuing your "loyalty." We get paid by Intel in exchange for our work. There's no contract in place. We can leave at any time and Intel can fire us at any time. Intel didn't ask for loyalty from us and we shouldn't expect it from Intel either.

You all knew what you were getting yourself into when you signed all of your new hire paperwork. You all thumbed your noses at the unions long ago, letting the corporations fool you with glitter - never once working toward worker rights. You all do this to yourselves. You think a republicant or a demoncrat will change things for you but they never will as they are already bought and paid for by corporate interest. Fooled every four years perpetually, yet have the gall to portray you are intelligent. How laughable.

It's not your country anymore. Unless you take it back this year, this is exactly what you deserve.

I have 25+ years and feel i was set up hard. Shame on my manager! He make a big mistake and will pay the price for being unethical . I have always been a loyal employee and have always work hard and sarificed many weekends and holidays.

I agree we are brilliant smart indivuduals! We deserved better treatment. I am so upset about how this all went down!

"How do you think? Do you all think we just take the package and leave without a word and let them feel they are the winner and they did the right thing in a right way?"

It's different from person to person. Some feel they should stick around and chance it while others will take the money and run.

Nicely stated. You do not have to worry. These cowardly managers hid behind the hardworking employees for many years. Now they will be exposed since the "cheap labor" will not be able to protect them. They probably are already working on exit plans for themselves which is probably the only brilliant thing they could ever do. Can't wait to meet them in the bread line someday. Maybe we'll have a chance to piss down their backs, just as they have done to us.

Dinged for MLOA with 10+ yrs experience. Count me in!

I'll have one of what you are smoking, please.

I am in! 10+ years with no prior bad performance record.