List of people associated with cancelled projects already being circulated in HR and metrics being applied. Employees will be notified after the 21st of May. There will be redeployment there termination will be immediate like the ISP but paid till... — read more 

I left intel 3 years ago so I don't know what is TLA QGS means? Can someone help me out?

You should call HR and request that they max out your 401K and your HSA saving contribution for the the remaining pay checks that you will be receiving until your last day of employment. Of course this is assuming that you can afford to max out 401K... — read more 

Start sweating it out losers. My que is growing and chances are YOU will be on it. I love tech layoffs and make a good living making a profit off it. Be prepared for that knock on the door.............Sheriff's Office! LOL!. Sleep tight ladies... — read more 

Retiring (not by choice) after 23 years under the big top All in all Intel was good to me over the years. The last few years were horrible - let’s not minimize that. But what do you expect, Intel recruits from the human race so there is a lot of... — read more 

Intel offered VSP’s in Ireland today to the technician staff. The methods they employed were peculiar. They generally open up vsp’s to allow people the option of a package. However today they offered certain techs the option of applying for the... — read more 

Guys, Do you think laid off folks can get unemployment benefit? Look like the date of receiving the benefit depend on your severance payment. If I read it right, it could be a year later depend on your payment. Have never been unemployed before... — read more 

Will VSP become ISP in late June? Any message about this?

Has anyone appealed their ISP and heard back regarding the outcome?

With Broxton and SoFIA SoCs gone from the pipeline, how does this affect the modem win for the next iPhone? Can the comm effort still be successful even with the SoC projects killed?

I was ISP'd last week and have read lots of articles on this site and elsewhere. It would be helpful to take a 10,000 foot view of the situation. In the beginning .. there was the humble PC, then the Workstation, then the Datacenter Server ... The... — read more 

On August 04, 2013, Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, addressed the Duma, (Russian Parliament), and gave a speech about the tensions with minorities in Russia: "In Russia, live like Russians. Any minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in... — read more 

The drive thru is backing up!

20 yrs. ago: CEO: Engineers Smith and Jones, just why do you think it’s a good idea to have two separate groups working on the same project? Explain your rationale to me, because I'm just not getting it. Engineer SMITH: I should be leading this... — read more 

Anyone offered vsp with a focal rating of outstanding? Anybody knows criteria for being allowed VS..

I understand having American factories overseas; with the exception of the currency devaluations. However, the direct replacement of American Workers here at home with cheap substandard H1Bs - that is taking things to the point of insult and... — read more 

Wonder how they will do that..

Welcome to the 21st century. You cannot control the flow of information any more. 99% of people are accessing this via mobile phones and are not controlled by corporate overlords. Instead of blocking us from posting here, you may want to encourage... — read more 

Anybody knows? There is no reason to keep them for cost reduction, I think.

I can't access this site from the company. Also there is 0 news on the layoffs inside the company website. Only news are Diane Bryant was promoted to executive VP, Stacy smith promoted to oversee sales and manufacturing, BK compensation increased.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-may-totally-sunk-microsofts-223708509.html This week, Intel revealed that it won't release its next-generation Atom chip for mobile devices, which was code-named "Broxton." Competitors like Qualcomm and ARM have... — read more 

I heard around 1000 ppl will let go from MIG ( one of the most notorious group in Intel) in ww28. is that true ?

My Intel phone was the only cell phone I used. I was given a piece of paper on how to transfer the number to a personal account. My carrier says they need the account number and passcode, neither of which are provided on the piece of paper. The... — read more 

For those of us that got ISP and were given a no rehire rating, is that the same as never being able to work on an Intel site. I'm curious because I'm interviewing for a vendor in a week.

Got ISPed. When the new employer (assuming I get an interview and offer) wants to verify, what information is given? Grade level? Pay ?

Is it possible for ICEs to relocate if their site is closed? Anyone heard of such examples?

People offered vsp or relocation to San Diego

Based on trends and BK likelyhood of being around for another 3-4 yeara, expect more massive layoff to continue if Intel is to maintain profits at the same time saving his job.

He's just looking for attention. He'll go away if we ignore him.

Anyone have any inside knowledge about how bad this will be?

Congrats to the mentally challenged individual (we all know it's just one person) that keeps posting about Trump, H1b visas and diversity hiring, you won! You can have the entire forum to yourself. Take note of the super drastic drop in the number of... — read more 

I'm an MT G57 I make €1450 per week before tax. I've been offered full package. 65 weeks at 1450 per week and 26 weeks at 600 per week so around €110k. Not bad considering I've have done a tap of work for the last 3 years.

...people still believe that politicians can solve their problems ...more ppl die of prescribed medicines than the ailments ...gold is no longer money and some worthless piece of paper is considered money ...unskilled h1b workers are valued more than... — read more 

And Corporate Communism is defined as the following: When company makes successes, most of the credit goes to all level management. When company makes failures, the responsibility is widespread/common, blamed on the communities. The average small... — read more