Come on what marketing do you need when you are a monopoly. When you see the headoffice parking lot empty before 8:30 and after 4:30 you know some people are having a party. Time to cut the real fast not engineers.
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Maybe they are taking evening meetings so going home early.
Many fab people are a miserable lot, wearing sacrifice like a badge of honor as you firefight family time, work/balance, and get treated like a minion. The worst part is for all the endless carping, many fab engineers still be there 10 years hence, and yes, still miserable (if you aren't laid off) carrying your cross of burden for all to see. After hearing that nonsense for too long, I don't really care about fab engineers misery anymore. You don't like it, do something about it.
The culture of misery starts at the top of TMG, where giving an employee a T-Shirt is heavily scrutinized while other groups have a more sane balance. The worst part is after a few years of TMG, you start normalizing its sick culture, and only after you leave do you realize how twisted it all is. Look at your TMG leaders, two of the least inspiring, engaging, MCM members in the entire company. To them, you were born to suffer and die. Instead of getting pissed at marketing, look at how you are being treated.
8:30 to 4:30 work day with a long lunch is called work/life balance and is practiced at Intel outside the fabs.