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A bit more than nine years of my Intel career, I spent working in Russian offices: in Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod. When I joined the company more than 11 years ago now, I remember that my cube was near the Staffing area, where young guys and girls, the students of Nizhny Novgorod Linguistic University and Intel interns, were acquiring their first experiences working in a large multinational company. As I was a bit younger at that time too, no wonder we made friends with many of them. And it was before I celebrated the end of my first month at Intel, I found that one of my co-workers was a frontman (and the author) of a popular local music group. We’re still friends (although he doesn’t work for Intel anymore), but I still remember how surprised and astonished I was by the talents of some Intel employees.
Several years later, when I was reviewing the office re-fit project plans as the site manager, we had a hot discussion as to whether we need a set of musical instruments for our “recreation room” – a room where the employees can spend their breaks doing different things – reading, playing videos, enjoying board games, etc. Some said that a drum set, a pair of guitars, a bass and a synthesizer would equate to being awfully loud “neighbours” for the office cubes. Then we decided that we’ll add a set of good quality studio headphones, to let our programmers, finance analysts, IT system admins and managers – our musicians – practice without interfering with the daily work of their co-workers. We helped employees feel that at Intel we value their personal interests and would support their development, even if it wasn’t directly related to their primary jobs. And successful people are great employees – so this is absolutely an appropriate investment, too.
This is just one example of many “non-core” activities, where Intel actively supports our employees. If you’re interested in knowing more, please indicate it in the comments, and I’ll try to find you examples of other talents.
Several years later, when I was reviewing the office re-fit project plans as the site manager, we had a hot discussion as to whether we need a set of musical instruments for our “recreation room” – a room where the employees can spend their breaks doing different things – reading, playing videos, enjoying board games, etc. Some said that a drum set, a pair of guitars, a bass and a synthesizer would equate to being awfully loud “neighbours” for the office cubes. Then we decided that we’ll add a set of good quality studio headphones, to let our programmers, finance analysts, IT system admins and managers – our musicians – practice without interfering with the daily work of their co-workers. We helped employees feel that at Intel we value their personal interests and would support their development, even if it wasn’t directly related to their primary jobs. And successful people are great employees – so this is absolutely an appropriate investment, too.
This is just one example of many “non-core” activities, where Intel actively supports our employees. If you’re interested in knowing more, please indicate it in the comments, and I’ll try to find you examples of other talents.
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