Thread regarding Intel Corp. layoffs

The Venn diagram of slackers vs WFHers isn’t a circle. Some surely do take advantage of working from home, And some of the politically-connected people take advantage of slacking in the office (these are the people that seem to always be in the cafeteria schmoozing a 1:1 with someone in power).

Intel would benefit from the following:

1. Clearly define what roles can and can’t be done at home
2. Hire people that actually work, regardless of venue
3. Hold people accountable to accomplishing work. This means having an evaluation system that no longer allows “bootlicker employee/enabler manager diads” to cheat the system
4. Coalesce on-site work into certain buildings to free up and sell other buildings. Then use the revenue wisely

Funny to see a brain dead post from an a$$hat like you, OP.

hope you enjoyed the work at home party, cause it's over. in the real economy, things have to get produced. staying home and doing email and making powerpoint slides isn't adding any value and all you slugs know it.

“Real men have FABS”. Work from home is fine, but don’t forget who really pays for your salary. You can’t recover $500k worth of wafers from a processing tool where a robot failed sitting at home. Least you forget that while you were sitting in your home during the height of COVID others were in the FAB keeping wafers going out the door so everyone could get paid. You didn’t have to go through full body scans to get into the building, wear a mask 12 hours a day not knowing if you would catch COVID and die. There’s an old saying, stay as close to the wafer as you can. You want to work from home, so be it but don’t complain when you get cut.

@1eyv When were you last in a FAB? Did you notice it is largely lights out?

Wow it appears some genius has figured out how to make chips at home!!! So many questions! How do you do it? Truly amazing.

Still working from home and have zero intent on returning to office! Stop being a Neanderthal and evolve... unless you are a manager of a REIT fund....

There were employees putting in long hours WFH during Covid years and there were employees that did not.

I remember in 2000, 2008 and 2016 after the real layoffs happened - to the tune of 20 to 40% in our marketing teams - people were showing up to meetings, paying attention, working less from home (WFH is not a new thing, it's just grown during covid). What's more, I was getting a LOT of requests to connect on LinkedIn as people woke up and suddenly realized they needed to expand their network and actually work to find a new job inside Intel. Its just human nature and I've seen it happen over and over again.

It was funny that the last project meeting (10 years ago) where people from all over the world converge in one campus. In a large conf room, everyone was on the laptop and meet through Skype. I do see value in meeting face to face if you need to have personal connection. I meet face-to-face when needed. If you need to, schedule a 1:1 at a coffee shop or office.

This is going to be unpopular, but I'm going to say it. Some of us spent many years in college and don't need to, "turn wrenches," to do our jobs. We don't need to be in a special building, known as, "the office," or the FAB either. You see, quite a few years back, there were inventions known as computers, the internet, encryption etc. This has enabled some workers to be able to do our jobs well remotely. Not having to deal with many of life's hassles and expenses as well as the obnoxious a-ho-e you work with is an added plus. If you need to physically be on site and you don't like it, upskill. Otherwise, ST*U, you just sound like a whiny child. I can't speak for all groups, but my group is on it when issues arise. (this is what we do, we respond to quality issues)

It's easier and more accurate to collaborate online than it is face-2-face. I am working more at home 24-hours a day (to accommodate facilities on the other side of the world) than I did in the office 8-hours a day.

@1yud+1jXJMx6B
Not sure where you picked up on any generational aspect.
It's been my experience that workers labelled as dead wood are older longer-term workers.

Being in the office does nothing for productivity if your job requires you to sit at a desk and be online anyway. Wake up, the world is evolving and we are not going backwards unless there is value in doing so.

It's a pain in the a-s getting on site with all the office dwellers starting to show up again and canteens full of people for hours of "work talk". Ye are only back to listen in on the grapevines..

I have been onsite throughout the entire pandemic. Definitely an uptick in onsite attendence. You can tell clearly from the parking.

The charlatans where I work show up in office perhaps once a week.

They will be taking action on the empty floor space soon from what I am seeing.

@1yud+1jXJMx6B you're assuming the "boomers" don't work hard? That's why we've been with the company 20+ years. Also we're not the ones in the fab with our feet up on a chair on our phones most of the shift.

@1yud, you were the first to bring up younger people ITT. Why on earth would you make that assumption? Hmm

Do you actually work at Intel? There's no uptick in people going back into the office. I would love to start going back to the office more often, but there's no point. The ONLY reason to go in is to collaborate face-to-face with the people I work with, but unless everyone I work with goes to the office on the same day, there's no value. I know some teams are trying, but it's impossible to coordinate for a lot of groups and people.

Def the younger generation doesn't work as hard and acts entitled. I've managed all age groups and in my experience, it is the worst cohort yet.

This has to be a boomer. I couldn't think of a more out of touch post on a forum about layoffs. Don't assume the younger generations "don't work" just because you can't look over the shoulders every step of the way

Yeah, trim the fat phat