Any tips?
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Get out now. Things are only going to get worse in the tech sector. When CEO's are fire-happy, that is a bad sign. You don't want to be on the later waves of the layoffs. The competition in the market for jobs will only get worse.
it is not coming i can assure you that
Practice saying "You want fries with that?:.
S--- up as much as possible. S--- up to your hr reps too. Be smart about your politics and perceptions. Unfortunately good political skills often trump performance
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Go hide in your "safe space", millenial.
stupid question deserves a stupid answer.
Likewise your post 😄😂😂 @1niy
Well that's a pretty stupid answer @cvh. That's the first place they'll look for you! ;)
Now if you were smart... you'd go hide under someone else's desk, preferably if the desk owner is large enough to totally block you from view when HR, your manager and his/her admin troll the aisles looking for you. LMFAO!!!
Yeah..
My tip for you is :
Go hide under your desk in the office till the storm has passed 😄😂😂
The job market now is very harsh for professionals. I agree with info others have said in this thread. You should start looking now for a new position, but your Intel experience will be looked at as too specific and out of the mainstream. Need to make sure your resume stresses more general skills. Don't be afraid to think of changing your career. At least be open to it. You will probably also need to relocate if you want a comparable position. It's a difficult situation that I am going through right now, and it's not good. Unfortunately many more from Intel will most likely befall this fate. Start now so the surprise does not totally crush your hopes and aspirations.
change your name to Gupta and tell your manager you a handicapped woman trapped in a mans body.
Get another JOB!
As others said get your resume polished, update your linkedin, reachout to all your old connections at other companies and get the hiring thing going NOW. It is slow going, interview can take weeks to a month to schedule to the availability of the interviewers, remember you work to "their" schedule and they have many priorities of which you are likely at the bottom. Holiday are soon coming as well as EOY evaluations so even harder to get interview/hiring closed in the end of the year. Then you interview, and then the decision and offer can take another few weeks to month or more. The very best situation you get a job in a month, but you easily could be looking at 6 to 9 months.
Now imagine when 2017 focal comes around in spring and another 4-5% of intel L4/L5 and IR get cut you don't want to be looking when that stuff is floating thru the job market.
Also think about when ACT2 and ACT3 come, as they are going to come and another 10-20K intelers hit the job market.
The only way you are safe, get a promo, get an O/E and stock L1/L2.. if your boss says you are no that then you are good, and if he says that he is a boss not to be trusted too, LOL
Tell the person you report to directly that you are a trannie and you will be untouchable.
I left with ACT 1 because when I asked my manager if he could guarantee my position wouldn't be eliminated in any next round, he said "no." Work on resume and check to see what's out there NOW. If you have been at Intel for awhile, your skills are probably too Intel-specific and tied to the x86 IA, while the rest of the world has moved to ARM. So be ready to see what skills you need to refresh and/or get new training and certifications for. When I left, I discovered my skills are so outside the mainstream for my field that I'm pretty much unemployable unless I go back to school. And if I do, when I get out I'll be competing with folks who are much younger (and cheaper). So I decided to take the ERP even though it was not the ideal time financially. Other tips: being too long at one company is considered a problem not an advantage in the jpb market, so break out your resume by roles not company. Don't think (if you are in Oregon) "oh I'll just go to Nike." Last time I looked Nike was not designing chips. Moreover, Nike relies even more on contractors and H1B than Intel does. Lastly, be ready to relocate if you are in a technical field. My ex-colleagues in Bay Area are doing well but Hillsboro folks, not so much. Also be aware, if you do get a new tech job in Oregon, it will most likely be a startup and not in Wash Co but downtown or worse, like Vancouver. So you will have a commute.
Make sure your resume is updated. And I'd start looking now. You can always call it practice and say no if you get an offer. Who knows..? If you got an offer it might be one you can't refuse. I know I wouldn't.
Start looking for another job right now or have alternative plans. Only way to be "safe" is have a plan B and plan C at least.