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REP: Truthbrush – A Year in Review
Every man (or woman!) must reach a point in his (or her!) life when he (okay you get the idea) looks back on the last year and asks himself the questions, “What am I doing with my life? Is this working for me? Is this actually a good situation, or am I just giving myself a positive spin on a...
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Onboarding at Intel
Note from the Blog Manager: Matthew is a Human Resources Business Partner and joined Intel after graduating from Howard University with a MBA concentrating in Human Resource Management. As he celebrated his second year at Intel, he wrote the following blog post on our internal social networking platform, Planet Blue, reflecting on his onboarding experience. But enough from me, let’s...
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Intel on Working Mother’s ‘best’ list
Note from the blog manager: Intel was named for the ninth time to Working Mother Magazine’s best companies list. Companies were selected based on an extensive application with more than 650 questions on workforce representation, childcare, flexibility programs, leave policies and more. It also surveys the usage, availability and tracking of programs, as well as the accountability of managers who...
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Intel Employee on ABC
Note from the Blog Manager: “Our Rock Stars aren’t like your Rock Stars” is a popular tag line you may have seen on some of our advertisements, but it doesn’t say anything about TV stars. Meet Christina and hear first-hand about an Intel employee’s experience on a reality TV show. Five months ago, I took a personal leave from my...
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Being More than a Name in a Virtual World
“Late meetings, early meetings, inboxes that fill up while we sleep; it’s all part of working for a multinational company with a reach that extends around the globe. As Intel employees, we use technology and flexible schedules to navigate the distance between us.” This was part of a blog post that the leader of my organization wrote not too long...
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Profile: Vladimir
Hi! My name is Vladimir but I'm known as 'VB'. I'm originally from Moscow but moved to Nizhny Novgorod in 2003 to work for Intel as a contracted construction project manager. I've been holding various jobs since then and in 2007 I became the Branch General Manager in Nizhny, the biggest Intel office in Russia with over 500 employees...
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The Value of Taking Vacation
At school I was a great fan of vacations – here in Russia we have a total of 4 months of vacation a year while at school – and it was never enough! It all changed after university, but got even worse at Intel Russia– I didn’t like vacations. Even the long bank holidays in Russia from Dec 31 till Jan 10 seemed...
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Intern Olympics: Intel vs. Nike
Note from the blog manager: The Olympics came to Portland, Oregon—Intern Olympics that is. Summer interns from Intel and Nike* squared off in a series of activities aimed at creating some friendly competition, and fun, between the two groups in the first cross company sport challenge. Joseph, an Electrical and Computer Engineering Master’s student from Georgia Tech, by way of University of Florida,...
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Intel Perks: Pay-to-Play; what a concept!
Living in Portland, Oregon, a running city, “Run a mile straight. And eventually do a half-marathon.” seems like an easy item to cross off my Life List. What you don’t realize is that the only running I do is running after ice cream trucks. Or, at least, that was the case until last year. Friends convinced me to join them for...
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Pay, Stock and Benefits: C’est La Vie
This was not a good day. And yet, it was not as bad as it could have been. I know I’m always writing about the little things that Intel does to help make it a great place to work. Sorry, but here’s another one of those blogs. I was supposed to fly to Montreal today. Seems simple enough, right? Well,...
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