I didn’t think Intel employees were racist until now

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Jan 14, 2021 56 Comments

Seeing comments on multiple threads from Intel employees essentially saying diverse employees are the reason Intel is failing is incredibly terrible. I’m so disappointed in this company. I was excited for Pat’s return, and so disappointed when he left almost ten years ago when I first started at Intel, but if anything is going to drag down the company now, it’s the plethora of racist employees who would rather make racist comments on an anon employee website than do their job and work with teammates who don’t look like them. Sad. Just sad. Your enemy isn’t the black or Hispanic coworker on your team, it’s your unwillingness to see them as your peer who deserves to be here just as much as you.

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  • Intel
    i Ed

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    i Ed
    One reason for that is diverse people get promotions and paid more during focals compared to non diverse group with similar impact. I was told by a VP to increase rating from successful to exceeds for a diverse candidate and drop rating from SL2 to SL3 for a non diverse.
    Jan 14, 2021 10
    • Intel
      i Ed

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      i Ed
      @OP - there are ways. But if I have to risk my badge for this, I wouldn’t take a risk. HR is about protecting Intel and not specific managers. If I objected, what would have happened is the diverse candidate rating increase would not have happened. Instead I can use the extra budget to award him. extra money to the team is always good.
      Jan 14, 2021
    • Intel
      Collatz

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      Collatz
      All anecdotal. I've seen South Asian employee get promoted for doing nothing but smile at manager during scrum.
      Meritocracy is a big problem at Intel.
      Husband refers wife, sister refers brother etc.
      Are you Indian?
      Are you Black?
      Are you bi?
      Hispanic?
      Are you white?
      Ze?
      Whoever you are your chances of getting hired/promoted has come to depend on the hiring manager's preferences. Why? Because we all have latent biases that make us value A over B.
      Jan 14, 2021
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    LordIce

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    LordIce
    Unfortunately that racist perspective is common for white and even Asian people. They try and blame the one black person in the company rather than owning that they themselves aren't that competent.
    Jan 14, 2021 1
    • This is sometimes the case. But if Intel is anything like Microsoft this is the case maybe 5%. We promote first based on diversity and then everything else. It also depends on the org though. Your experience is crafting your response to this. Trust me, I've seen both. Orgs where non-diverse people who perform better are getting thrown under the bus. Orgs where nepotism runs. Orgs where people are being treated fairly.
      Jan 15, 2021
  • Intel
    VHarkonnen

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    VHarkonnen
    Is this the thread where OP identified herself as a young black women, then proceeded to call people 'whitey' and generalized white men as incompetent? That thread?
    Jan 14, 2021 1
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      131013

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      OP
      I do not agree with her phrasing at all. I definitely don’t agree with calling white people whitey. Accordingly, the responses went beyond her. Responses that said employees of color are all diversity hires and the reason behind Intel’s failure the last few years. Responses that said the new strategy lead is a diversity hire and is undeserving of being at Intel. I took a moment to research his background, that guy Saf has lead strategy for technology globally at McKinsey and there are level 7 and level 8 software engineers at Intel calling him a diversity hire. All I’m saying is, focus on your damn job. I’ve seen employees who are black, white, Indian, Asian, and more who were ENTIRELY incompetent when they came to Intel. Could barely communicate, let alone do a basic job. And I’ve seen black and Hispanic employees go above and beyond while their incompetent white counterparts get all the mentorship, special projects, etc. There are people who have seen the opposite. But blaming intel’s failure on Black and Hispanic people is undeniably racist, as the plethora of commenters shamelessly did.
      Jan 15, 2021
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    rey3

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    rey3
    It's funny I once heard a senior member of leadership at Citi saying that they are simply firing white guys in markets because they're white... I found the message particularly tone deaf and told him that maybe they're firing white guys because all of them are white to begin with. He didn't speak to me after that.
    Jan 14, 2021 1
    • Intel
      FML_today

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      FML_today
      That moment when you realize that there are no non-white employees to fire to begin with... lmao, but we all know who would go first if they had the choice.
      Jan 14, 2021
  • Why is this racist to say? My best friend is Hispanic and he is a great engineer!
    But on average if you reduce level a person needs to pass, an average diversity hire will be performing poorer on average. Then SJWs will see if they're not promoted at the same rate or faster that people are racist. So diversity candidates get even more advantages. So you have people who are not as competent running the company. This is also happening in MSFT tbh.
    Jan 15, 2021 0