Has anyone been reading these d-mb and non important ideas on Intel ideas ? For one they are never going to be addressed but to even bring up something like have child care onsite. Jeez you would most likely not have a job here soon. Is anyone even looking at the thousands of ideas posted or is it just a gimmick
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On-site daycare idea was not new. There are reasons why it was not a good idea. When a company cut free fruits and beverages programs, how can somebody think of this?
If you can google, search for Nike on-site daycare and why it was closed.
“ One large con with the onsite daycare involves the injury with any child that resides at the daycare during office hours. The injury itself could lead to other legal concerns that arise with the business or with the family. The severity, who is to blame and liability concerns are important aspects of these situations.”
Read the room
The best idea I saw was to add a down vote the idea page. Its had something like 1000 up votes.
It truly shows the entitlement of many of our fellow co-workers who don't understand the dire situation we are in and makes the coming cuts all the more justified.
Cut soon, cut fast, and even if you remove great engineers, you will do more good than harm as we get back to a merit based system.
Child care, unfortunately, was part of the CHIPS act requirement.
@df It would be a massive liability for Intel to have day care on campus. Not to mention the cost of setting up such a facility and the legal/regulatory obligations that should be met. If Intel was super profitable, then it might be something employees can ask for as a very generous perk. But this company is in an existential crisis. It cannot afford to provide on-site child care.
Not to move the goal post, I reread that page later today. It is not only on-site childcare, the comments there ask for free/subsidized childcare. They want Intel to pay extra for having children! I know there are already certain benefits for people who have children ( maternity, bonding, some form of childcare assistance etc) which I am not against. But asking for free day care...common...
I will get down voted for what I am going to say next. As many of us know, there are a lot of married couple who work at Intel. In the last few years, I have seen a pattern where one spouse leaves intel to go work for FAANG type companies which are very demanding. The other spouse stays back at Intel and takes on full responsibility of childcare and other household management. The spouse that stays back at Intel is constantly gone to take care of all children's school as well as extracurricular activities, doctor visits etc. Their domestic priorities are front and center for them. They hardly have any interest in work. They are staying at Intel because no other company is so lax. The other half of the couple, who is highly motivated to succeed, wants to climb the career ladder is working for the competition! We are left with the half who doesn't care if intel goes bankrupt. They are here for their monthly pay check as long as it lasts.
@bb daycare on site could be profitable as employees have to pay for daycare. Was a single mom working from Intel years ago. no one gave me a pass. I paid a lot for daycare and missed a lot of time with my son. but I do find it extremely annoying when these new young moms keep their kids at home while working from home and they are completely distracted. at minimum they should be hiring someone at home to take care of the kids because you cannot divide taking care of your kid and focusing on work at the same time.
From the posted idea count, we can feel the technical vs non-technical minded population inside this company. I know some questions are so mundane if posted by a technical person, that means he or she is not in technical role anymore.
Most of the recommendations are completely surreal and detached from the financial state of the company. Really sad to read them…
I’m just glad the dumdum that adds “is Andy Grove welcome at Intel anymore” to every single circuit story regardless of content added that to the ideas.
By seeing the owner of those ideas, it is pretty easy to choose the layoff. With those acumen level it is not hard to make the list.
I read a few one day. Bring child care on-site was one of the most tone deaf ideas posted. Intel is struggling to keep itself afloat. That ideas posted there were suppose to make intel more efficient/save money etc. Instead employees are posting ideas that makes life more comfortable for them and costs Intel money to atleast set up the infrastructure! This "idea" itself shows tht employees don't care about Intel as a company.
Some one will inevitably say that it helps employees more engaged in their jobs as they have to spend less time doing drop offs/pick ups. No, it doesn't. There was no one site child care when intel was making billions in profit. Very few ( if any) companies making billions in profit have children care on-site. So, it is not necessary to bring intel back to profitability.
@OP Intel has done this in the past. It's management's way of 1) looking like they're actually doing something, and 2) hoping some random employee will suggest a good idea they haven't already thought of so they can take credit for it. In the end about 99.9% of the ideas will be dismissed outright, with a handful being looked at, and one or two that actually get attention. You need to think like someone on the ELT: if they can't take at least partial credit for it, it's a bad idea.
The bulk are d-mb statements wants, or asks from people bi--hing and moaning