Thread regarding Intel Corp. layoffs

This is the kind of company Intel is: about 10 years ago a spouse of an ee contacted HR to inform that her husband (Intel ee) was physically abusing her and she was going to have him arrested after suffering years of abuse. As he is an executive, they have a special "white glove" service for them and their families. She had reached out for help and had intimated that not only was she going to file domestic violence charges, she would be seeking legal action against Intel because she felt that her husband's work and stress was a contributing factor to her abuse.

• What did Intel do? They begged the spouse not to report the abuse to the authorities so as to avoid the risk of the Intel ee getting arrested as he was embarking on a huge effort for the company. Intel convinced the spouse to wait for the Intel ee to go on an overseas business trip, then paid to relocate the wife and children into an undisclosed location, paid her an extraordinary amount of money for discretionary expenses, made her sign and NDA and a legal document stating that she would not sue Intel. They brokered a deal to pay for her living expenses through their official divorce settlement date.

• What happened to the Intel ee? Nothing, he was told upon returning to the states that if he was arrested there would be consequences from bad press and to focus on work, a blind eye would be turned.

• How do I know? I was in HR at the time and heard all about the agony of the HR people who were absolutely horrified by the conflict of doing what Intel wanted "or else"...and that's the kind of company Intel is. They care about one thing, the company and it's success, even when their "elite" are breaking the law.

I was hired in '97, there for 15 years, got EE and O for over 10 years YoY, got a remote manager who gave me a BE in Focal following my sabbatical, left 2 years later because of reorgs, I kept getting new managers who gave me S w/ SSL3 for the last 2 years I was there...it's been a few years since I left and I've never been happier. I'd say average is 15 - 17 years, if you hit 20 as @oab says, its rare these days...things changed in 2006 after SET and the culture has drastically shifted over past 10 years - "lifers" are no longer wanted.

Been here for 43 years. Trying hard to get an ERP unsuccesfully.

To many EEs and OPs is my vice.

Thinking about leaving without a package (My RSUs alone can keep me pretty happy for the rest of my life).

3.5 years in D1D ramp and PTD

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I worked for Intel for 30 years. The last few years were terrible. My manager who was not approved to log on to Documentum and view Intel Top Secret Silicon Road Maps would attend the meeting where the road map was reviewed and perform screen captures to store the data he was not approved to access himself. This was reported as a code of conduct violation and nothing happened. Another female employee captured an IM stream between herself and a manager because his IMs turned sexual in nature. She reported this to HR. The manager was moved to a different group in a different building with no adverse consequences, even though the manager was sexually harassing the woman.

I was ready to leave Intel and when my review came up and I got Successful with no stock offered. I was offered a retirement buy out and was told by HR, in no uncertain terms, that if I did not accept the buy out now, it would be considerably less in the future. I took the buy out. Leaving Intel was a great day! It had become apparent to me that Intel was not the same company that I originally went to work for out of college. I know A LOT of people with 20+ years who essentially were told to take buy or they would regret it, much like me.

32 years here. Took the VSP two years ago.

If Intel still has a sabbatical after 7 years and people can actually take it without coming back to be redeployed, I would guess that factors in. It did for me. It's harder to come back after each sabbatical, so suspect 9 years is right. 12K layoff will change that average significantly as they eliminate headcount and higher salaries, regardless of contribution and skills.

Where we work you'd be older than old. We got nothing but RCGs working 7x24 to make the next generation work. Funny isn't it, the belief that an PhD with no experience from the physical science can be thrown into the trying to make the most complex thing on earth but know little to nothing for the most part.

But it is good as they just listen and do exactly what their FLM and SLM tell them to do. Those guys have a little more experience but the SLM are too removed, the FLM too overworked and you wonder why the ship has hit an iceberg and the process is late and barely works!

I don't have any figures, but I've been here 12 years and there dozens of people still there who were there back when I was hired.

But that said, there are many more new people who weren't. Granted, people change sites but stay with the company. But OP asked for an average, and I'd say 9 years is likely a bit longer than average. And that average will be going way down after ACT.

The time it takes to get a green card

I think it is more than 10 years, because I keep seeing the same faces year after year. I have been there for over a decade already.

Probably around 10 years... but might depend on the site and geography

Those who have made it to 20 years are rare and those beyond 30 years are less than 10% of the population..