lets say some manager realized they messed up by making a wrong decision. what's the best way for them to own up to it and make things right without giving themselves away? seriously
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The manager making wrong decisions will claim that he did a great job, and give himself IAA award. Then get promoted.
Honesty is not in Intel.
Dishonesty everywhere.
LBT is that you? "Asking for a friend" eh? 😉
First rule of thumb is not to own it.
LOL... the best way to cover their butt is to blame someone else's employees for the failure. If that doesn't work, blame their own employees, esp those who are going to get laid off. If that doesn't work, blame the situation. Any competent manager knows never to take the blame on big mistakes when they can pass the buck to someone else. Only the stupid ones admit to big mistakes. They can admit their error for smaller mistakes like ordering too many pizzas for lunch.
The typical Intel manager will find an engineer to blame. I see this all the time.
Everyone hates Intel. Even vendors who had to navigate the BS to get anywhere in twice the time. Arrogant SOBs
@ae Just can't help yourself, can you? That guy lives in your head from moment to moment.
Just do what Trump does, blame it on someone else. There’s a reason he hires the people he does because he knows they will take the blame for his bad decisions.
It should’ve been robot umpires years ago, but alas…
You cannot simultaneously own up and not give yourself away. Admitting to the mistake is part of owning up
@aa This company makes weasels and cowards out of men.
Back when I worked at Intel, the usual attitude was "Sh-t rolls downhill."
This was the typical blame chain: Managers -> Engineers -> Technicians -> Green Badges.
Not many people there were honest and man enough to own up to their mistakes.
Sometimes our best intentions don’t lead to the best outcomes. What matters now is how we respond
""we re adjusting our approach based on what weve learned, and i am gonna be working with the team to make sure we course-correct the proper way""
You will not find this kind of intellectual honesty from managers at Intel
without giving themselves away
The correct thing to do is completely disregard this and own up to their mistakes. Unfortunately, Intel managers have massive egos and won’t even admit if they took a wrong exit on the highway.
You seem like an intelligent person with a serous question. Think back to what you were taught in kindergarten and there your answer will be.