What if someone is on vacation next week, but is also in the chopping block?

What is your opinion on forming a union to protect our profession? How are we high-tech engineers any different than university professors, airline pilots, nurses, etc that get protection from corporate greed through their unions?

I have been in Intel almost 21 years and was hired as a RCG . Almost certain of being offered a VSP . I have never looked for a job outside and havo no idea how marketable , the pay range, and opportunities for an IT professional in the Phoenix area... — read more 

If I am fairly certain I'll be ISP, should I wipe my hard drive and phone before entering the building on Monday? Already got my personal stuff off.

I work in a group relating to the development of Bluetooth drivers. Is this group safe to work in for the foreseeable future?

Has anybody that qualifies for ISP received a 1:1 meeting notice for Monday AM? If not how will they handle this many people w/o an invite? Come find you Monday AM or wait until Sunday afternoon to send you the invite?

Step 3 we heared would be project cancellation , efficiency and colocation ... We heared that most of the white manager start manipulating their friends and fav to get away with step 3 where the ball is in manager 's hand ... We heared all news now... — read more 

I was so busy and the team relied on me for our project schedule. I could not take any vacation so far. Will they compensate for those days?

I'm an old timer and not expecting any performance based action but will likely be impacted by either retirement, project cancellation, or sight closure. Also not quite ready to retire. So here are my questions. Is "Enhanced Retirement" voluntary of... — read more 

Just curious since I will get one Monday and will look for another job. If they say do not rehire the new employer would look at this as a negative.

Did anyone leak this? Any ideas? (Not the ISP, everyone has seen that).

I posted this in a comment on the age-based discrimination thread. Last summer, Intel said the layoffs were merit-based, by using the stock levels, and it just happens to be a coincidence that the ages of the laid off workers skewed older. Per the... — read more 

http://www.edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_training/Layoff_Services_WARN.htm#ListingofWARNNotices View the "2015-2016 WARN Report (PDF): WARN notices processed from July 1, 2015 through April 10, 2016." This file is updated the 10th and 25th of each month, it... — read more 

How are we height-tech engineers any different than university professors, airline pilots, nurses, etc that get protection from corporate greed through their unions?

I have heard thru an Intel friend that last year, people were encouraged to leave their Minimum pension plan money in the plan....they were told "it will continue to grow". What BS! Due to historically low interest rates, the "Annuity Factor" today... — read more 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL6Kv88YXqQ

Most people knew this would happen when last year you saw what happened to "us" the ISP folks with SSL4/5 but everybody put their blinders on. Do you agree?

Read on: http://faceintel.com/ Intel Lost and People Won!

When they promoted flying the lgbtq rainbow flag at campuses i knew intel had gone over the cliff in tring to be pc and the worlds diversity leader. This layoff seems to be intels way of moving in new diverse workers to up their minority % more... — read more 

How do they layoff older guys? They just cannot say you are fired because you are old or because you have a high pay grade

The GTF out asap, on your terms. It is always easier to find a job when you have a job and avoid the stigma of being "unemployed" for whatever reason!

Guys - Do what I did - Join Qualcomm. This company is now crawling from the hole Intel is now getting into.

With what the present CEO had done, he changed the norm for R when I decide to bottom scrape to make up for my expensive acquisitions like McAfee and Altera that I have no clue of how to monetize and will eventually sell it for scrap (as we did with... — read more 

Hi everyone.. I was hired last month in Intel, working in IT services. Will I be affected too ? Or am I safe ?

I have recently (about 3 weeks back) accepted a job offer with Intel. However, in the light of this layoff, I am not sure if my job is still there. I do not have a start date yet but intend to start in about 2/3 weeks. On the other hand, I have... — read more 

What will Intel do without its Director of Creative Innovation? The same it will do without many of its garbage European employees, whose workload is about to be reduced from 8.72 hours of work per week to zero. Obama takes "enhanced retirement"... — read more 

They sent out a generic email to all of those with offers and future start dates. It read: "Intel is evolving from a PC company to one that powers the cloud and billions of smart, connected computing devices. On Tuesday, our CEO Brian Krzanich... — read more 

After 6 years at Intel and two promotions later, I am seeking new employment even if I survive the layoff. I came into Intel as a bottom level tech with no associates degree and worked my way up to an ET for a development group. After Intel paying... — read more 

There are some people that are going to be let go that really love this company. I fall into this category. I'm not bitter by it. If it happens it will hurt, I will struggle, but I will still love Intel. It's sad that so many of you bitter, and... — read more