is 3 years bad at the same grade level and not seeing any promo for 2 more years.
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This is why Intel is an evil company. It was ruined by HR when they reinterpreted to get rid of people/
It only matters, if that is what's needed to meet layoff criteria at that time.
Grade increase is something that needs to be taken seriously. Example, if you are a grade 7 scooting along doing a great job the last thing you would want to do is get promoted to grade 8. That's usually Area manager positions you would be pushed into. Prepare to give up all your freedoms and be expected to be owned by Intel, a fate no one would like to attain however there are those that venture down that path, wave by to them and let them go!
Was 9 or 10 years at same grade level due to changing orgs and lack of meritocracy. One org for four years. Had I not been promoted I would have been impacted by 2016 action. While in HR (non HR role) never heard of a stagnant formula, only about stagnant criteria for 2016 actions.
If you are a minority or woman you should be in grade for 2-3 years, something wrong with you if you stagnant.
White and Asian men more like 4-5 years is normal.
Is 28 years all in grade 9 bad?
Time in grade only matters if you are an individual contributor. It doesn't matter if you are a manager.
Intel has a "time in grade" policy, and if you haven't been promoted in the duration, then you are considered a "stagnant employee."
Time in grade means if you're a grade 5, you need to be promoted within 5 years. Grade 6, within 6 years, and so on. Stagnant employees are usually the first to get booted in any layoffs.
Only at Intel can you career degrade from Principal engineer elsewhere to a forever individual contributor.
How about 10+ years?
it's a crazy process... push push push to get the grade promotions and raises...
to the point where you are over-paid and you first on the chopping blocks to get the heave ho.
this is very common if you are an engineer. Most companies have you out the door by the time you early 50s. You are too slow, too far behind on technology and paid way too much.
And don't think for a minute this isn't true... look around you, how many old guys do you see... even at Intel where cr-ppy engineers go to retire... you just don't see that many of them.
5+ years
Max # of years at grade is (grade_level-1), any longer than that you are considered long in grade and automatically targeted for VSP/CPM.
So if you are 3 years in grade and don't expect promo for 2 more years (5 years total in grade), you would be OK only if you are grade level 7 or higher.
Depends on your grade level