11 years of glorious career, then hired by Intel. Manager and team had no clue which title and position to give for 6-8 months. Left to find my own way in and a job role. found a place to support a team in Austin, team started appreciating my efforts. Got dragged into local office team politics about why am I supporting Austin team more and parent team started feeling offended. Got successful SL4 in my first year, reason? New to team and having no job role for half the year. Started doing even better with the Austin team and even aligned work and deliverables that can benefit parent team. I was hoping this is my year for good review, but unfortunately parent group got impacted by PEG consolidation efforts and site closure. Not much work 4-5 months as it took that much to get clarity and redeployment. Parent group manager left Intel. I got a job in redeployment and brought in Intel SANTACLARA in middle if the year. Manager started acting very strict only with me as if he did a great favor on me bringing me to USA. He knew I can't leave him or Intel if I have to stay in the USA because I was on L1 visa. I did very well in work, learning quickly, improving release flows, automation and gaining confidence of the teams around with timely and quality deliveries. Got successful and SL4 again in my 2nd year, reason? I did extremely well in past 5 months in this new team but since I am new to the team I spent only little time here and shouldn't get discouraged and hope a very very good focal next year. Started working even harder improving the whole system and flows and handling keep chip bringup all alone. Manager didn't stop troubling for no reason, pressurizing on every small opportunity he got. I gave him bad feedback in the MFT, thinking it will go only to the HR and not him directly. I was wrong as it was my first MFT in the USA and was different than the one I use to give in Intel India. Egoistic and highly retaliated manager does heaven and earth to find out who gave the feedback asking each and every employee and even Involving HR who was a good friend of him I guess. He finds out I gave him that feedback. He keeps all my great work and performance aside and hands me a mid year IR. He puts lot of pressure on me to quit immediately or take a CAP under one of his manager. He did this to make sure only this lower level pet manager and he can evaluate the CAP and future feedback a will not go beyond him as he is a SLM now. I took CAP, aced it, worked my assout for 2 months. Given so many awards while executing my CAP. I handled key deliveries and a chip bring up activities all by my own without any help. Did well in the bring up compared to lot other teams involved. As a result I pass my CAP highly successfully, more than set expectations. I was so very hopeful for this years focal. Got successful and NO SL and NO merit increase. Shock of my life. Reason? Both my FLM and SLM didn't know the mid year IR policy which prevents the focal system from giving any merit increase and SL than zero. Both assured me I will be saved and retained at every cost. Got ISP and was walked 3 weeks after the focal delivery. Appeal rejected.
I was never treated this bad by any of my previous companies and was always rated high performer, then how come suddenly I because a low performer in Intel? When I look at it its not me, it's Not Intel, it's the culture and bad managers that are giving such a bad name to this great company. I am going back to my country and am sure will do something good with my life. I feel sorry for folks still under my SLM and wish Intel management does something to fix him and many more like him still there. That's all.