Employee Stock Plan ? hmm it should be SPP.

yah I heard from my friend that he is joining on March.
So I guess not all departments are freezing.
Is the CNY shutdown only apply to production or apply to all Intel department R&D

They have CNY shutdown too? I thought they shut down during X'mas.

this downtime impacted semicon industry the most... it's not a surprise to see intel shuting down for CNY.

Nope Intel didn't shut down during X'mas
and the CNY shutdown doesn't apply to all division

But that wasn't my friend in Intel PG and KM said regarding X'mas shutdown.

the shutdown refers to mainly the assembly plants ... departments like pdc and finance did not as their work is not affected by assembly.
and the assembly plants shut down for christmas and are shutting down for cny

Bad news for the new year... hope it doesn't get any worse:
http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIM...icle/index_html
Intel Penang plant closures may hit 2,000 workers
By Marina Emmanuel
marinae@nstp.com.my

US CHIPMAKER Intel Corp's proposed move to close two factories on Penang island is set to affect around 2,000 workers.

However, they have been told that efforts will be taken to find alternative employment within Intel, Business Times has learnt.

It is not known when Intel is likely to cease operations of its PG6 and PG7 plants where manufacturing activities take place.

Intel's Penang operations are currently home to an estimated 6,000 workers, while its Kedah site at the Kulim Hi-Tech Park employs around 4,000 people.

Intel's investment history in Malaysia can be traced to 1972 when it began its operations in Penang.

Industry sources say that the remaining six plants in Penang will continue to operate in areas such as product development and support services such as information technology, finance, human resources and call centre activities.

The Kulim operations, meanwhile, will take on the role as one of Intel's global manufacturing hubs for assembly and test manufacturing.

It is learnt that affected employees in Penang were briefed on the new developments yesterday. They were told that Intel wants to keep all its workers by offering them jobs at Penang or Kulim.

An Intel Malaysia spokesman when contacted said the company will release a statement today.

The developments at Intel Penang comes close on the heels of its announcement in the Philippines yesterday, where it plans to close its manufacturing facility in Cavite. This will result in some 3,000 people being laid off.

Intel began its operations in the Philippines in the early 1970s.

The company is expected to announce the closure of several more facilities in the region in the following weeks as Intel continues to cut costs.

From internal mail.....

Intel to end production at five older factories


Employee Communications
January 21, 2009


This email message was sent to all Technology and Manufacturing Group employees on Wednesday afternoon by TMG leaders Bob Baker, Bill Holt, and Brian Krzanich. This follows announcements earlier in the day to specific groups of TMG employees in Malaysia, Philippines, Oregon, and California.


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As Paul said in his earnings webcast for employees last week, “we are aligning manufacturing capacity with current market conditions.” Intel will restructure some of its manufacturing operations by taking older capacity off line and closing some facilities. The restructuring will consolidate and streamline manufacturing operations and enable the deployment of new leading-edge capacity.

We will end production in five factories during the course of 2009. Included in this action will be closure of three assembly and test facilities in Penang, Malaysia (PG 6 and PG 7); and Cavite, Philippines. The company also will end production at Fab 20 in Hillsboro, Oregon and at D2 in Santa Clara, California. Over the last 24 hours, the employees in these factories have been told of these decisions. Additionally, TMG will do a reduction of approximately 1,000 employees from across the organization.

These actions are very difficult, but the current economic situation necessitated acceleration of these decisions. Employees at factories where the site is not being closed can apply for jobs on that site. At the locations where the sites are being closed, employees can apply for any international one-way transfers that are available.

These actions impact approximately 5,000 to 6,000 employees in total. Intel is very concerned about the welfare of the impacted employees and will offer an exit package and job placement support with full details to be shared within the next 30 days with those affected employees.

Intel has a continuous and ongoing process that looks at our worldwide capacity and makes decisions on a regular basis, and we will continue to make updates available on a real-time basis.

We ask that you consider that the organizations that are affected are working hard to manage their own situations, and we ask that you respect the individuals and organizations by allowing them some time and privacy to work through these difficult times.

Within TMG it is critical that as these actions are going on we continue to stay focused on job #1, continuing to ramp 45nm products, starting up 32nm and delivering the high quality products our customers deserve.

Bob, Bill, and Brian

Intelier still can get bonus with this situation?

be patient to all intelier, hopefully u all still have a job

reading from the above employee communications, was wondering is PDC department affected ?

The reports/communication email above clearly states that they are closing manuf/test/assembly plants PG 6 and PG 7 in Penang only.

Since PDC deals only with the R&D of chipsets and microprocessor, and don't do any manuf/test/assembly, they are unaffected so far.

Other than PDC, there's still other misc depts/buildings still operating on Penang island, like the Intel U, IT dept, H&R, Finance, etc... I don't think you should mention the term "tutup kedai" on penang island as fizzy so aptly describe it above.

This post has been edited by dingdangdong: Jan 22 2009, 03:47 PM

PG8 not affected?

TMG communication email..

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Added on January 22, 2009, 5:39 pmThey still gets bonuses. but no increment in 2009.. As usual.. they axe a few heads.. then use the budget to pay the bonuses for others..

This post has been edited by Brotherjoe: Jan 22 2009, 05:39 PM

OMG. I am doing internship in Intel at PG12 design dept. Is it affected by the shut downs? I really worry later doing internship half-way and need to stop. Some intel people pls help clarify this!!!!

Is this supposed to be circulated publicly?

supercolossal - dude, what is that to hide ?

Goodbye to PG6 and PG7.Thanks for being with Malaysia for so many years...You will be missed,rest in peace.

bad news everywhere......