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Going with the flow and moving on to my next adventure ... whatever that may be ... with some sadness but no regrets.
Techs can and should leave they are very employable else where locally, that will cripple the factory as Intel has such old school promotion for the techs.
Good for you! Get out in an better place where you can get promoted and valuable for your contribution versus the same old same old hampered by your education that intel hangs over your head, LOL
12 years as Grade 57 tech and heavily relied upon. Never anything less than successful focal and always got stock in 24 years at Intel. Got vsp and erp messages followed by threatening messages of what might happen to me down the road since I got the vsp. Why stick around?
@rwm - Best answer ever!
passengers getting off the sinking ship before the lifeboat seats get filled up...
I took ERP because I'm scared where Intel is heading. Looks like a regular thing the company will do from now to the future. Employees told how little they are valued by the fact that they must choose ERP or VSP before the details of their projects are announced. Repeated attempts to frighten them into taking packages.
Focal will become more and more brutal. No more value in teamwork, it will be dog eat dog as everyone have to stomp on those around them as 10% are forced out each new year.
Yop management believe they must micromanage all organizations below them. Not let those under them make their own decisions. Forced focal quotas strongly enforced. No one told the true criteria used the next time for ISPs and VSPs. Not letting managers and groups make own decisions about where and how their people work. Run reports on who leaves early on Fridays or what apps they run during the day or how many times/what time they badge in.
I am out because I see the best and brightest at Intel rushing out. Some ISPs & VSPs because they had bad managers or happened to be on projects that didn't go well or will not be funded. Probably even higher number because they don't like the new direction. No one will be willing to take risk anymore because risk takers will be shown the door. We haven't real leaders with vision. Anyone left will be throttled by risk of innovation - only do what has proven effective before, don't try anything new. Others were already cut or choose to abandon the ship sinking.
Intel is losing its heart and soul and I want out while the going is good.
What other reason would there be? I was at a relatively high grade level and no aspirations other than doing what I did well. I wound up being eligible for VSP because I spent too much time in my grade and worked on developing my team - giving them the promos and EE/O. I took ERP because I would have been next to go. There was no assurance I could have been saved from the next round of cuts.
Best package ever, more layoffs coming with worse packages.
Because my site's being closed, I have aging parents in the area I need to be near, and I found another job. Didn't want to leave Intel but hand was forced.