Remote engineers will not survive the next round.
All members of our team who were classified as remote are on the to be cut list.
Remote engineering is not allowed, no matter how high a performer one is.
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LBT will be like putting the final nail to intel :/
Naga is the best! His leadership has made Intel what it is today!
Isn’t Naga remote engineering himself? Hopping from place to place and sending those dum--ss emails?
@bt You must working from home full time. The prep work for RTO started the day LBT became the CEO and is almost complete. Many buildings/floors that were empty from covid days have been cleaned and ready for people. The cube layout has been changed to fit more cubes. My entire org is getting assigned cubes this month.
If RTO prep is a way to assess LBT's performance, he has at least met the expectations ( if not exceeded).
RTO preparation, especially get the cubes available for everyone, will take a few quarters or years. This is Intel speed, all projects take years to complete or get delayed or get abandoned. Folks, do not worry about the talks of RTO, from those talkers, they are years away.
So when Fab34 requires my help, I’ll be actually flown out to Ireland and not asked to hop on a teams call? I’m sure intel can afford a round trip ticket fare. If someone’s work model eligibility becomes the criteria for layoff, LBT and cronies are even d-mber than I thought.
Nope. I work in RA4 and RA3. They’re consolidating all cubes to make room for the engineers to RTO. I’m sure the ones that don’t live close or refuse to RTO will be laid off. But they are actively clearing space for remote workers to work on site.
Also. It’s still hybrid… you just have to work majority of the time on site. You’re allowed one floating WFH day. 90% of TD is remote engineering lol.
I haven't been in the Fab in 5 years and I still have more experience than people who go in the Fab installing diaphragm vales backwards, installing flammable non-approved materials, blocking doors from opening, damaging gas lines, and not tightening VCR gaskets properly.
This feels like that We’re the Millers moment…
“Wait… you guys are getting paid?!
@b6 During Covid we had tool owners who lived in completely different states with no Intel presence. It’s one thing to need the help of someone in Oregon when you’re in Chandler, but one tool owner was remotely working from his lakeside house in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
@ax yeah, some of the toolsets did not require engineers to ever go in the fab because you could remotely connect to the tool. I knew an engineer who, even before covid, had not been into the fab for over a year. His hangar space for his bunny suit actually got reassigned because he was absent for it for so long. I'm sure he has not be into the fab in 5+ years at this point.
Wait… remote engineers were real… and paid?!
It is bullsh-t. But OP is correct.
Stop saying the obvious