Intel / Amd animosity

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Funny story, I work at Intel here in DuPont WA and every now and then I wear a AMD shirt (among other HW makers/vendors) and today I happened to be wearing a athlon64 shirt and in the cafeteria every one was giving me guff as usual when a upper up gave me a stern look. I took off to my lab and was followed by another guy higher than me and was given a lecture about how next time I might lose my job.. :eek: Wow is all I can say. I have worn this and several other amd shirts to work b4 and people usualy just laugh and take it in good standing..

I am a fan of bolth Intel and AMD (own bolth) and this is making me feel sick.

Any one else see this kind of brandism at work?

Mods, if this needs to be moved please go ahead and move it :)
 
Mmmm yeah...ever heard of "unlawful termination"?

If that happens again, I strongly suggest calling the department of labor and, if they recommend it, an attorney.

I'm not sue-happy, but that's essentially discrimination, and in the most inane sense possible(next to threats of losing a job due to favor of a particular sports team)!
 
yeah, i would have never pictured my self in a situation like that... but if it leads there so be it. :(
 
I had to chuckle when I read that, I work at a company that has direct competition from some very big worldwide vendors, ABB, SIEMENS etc, no one cares if I wear a GE or ABB shirt here...sounds like you work with a bunch of uptight dickheads...no offense..

I use any processor that is affordable, be it AMD or Intel...though Intel needs to work on the affordability a tad more...
 
You should see if its actually in the dress code policy. I'd fight them on it.
 
[T5K]thrasher said:
Animosity
Funny story, I work at Intel here in DuPont WA and every now and then I wear a AMD shirt (among other HW makers/vendors) and today I happened to be wearing a athlon64 shirt and in the cafeteria every one was giving me guff as usual when a upper up gave me a stern look. I took off to my lab and was followed by another guy higher than me and was given a lecture about how next time I might lose my job.. :eek: Wow is all I can say. I have worn this and several other amd shirts to work b4 and people usualy just laugh and take it in good standing..

I am a fan of bolth Intel and AMD (own bolth) and this is making me feel sick.

Any one else see this kind of brandism at work?

Mods, if this needs to be moved please go ahead and move it :)
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Mod Edit: Since it's not about an actual hardware issue, the best move for the topic would be here:
http://www.hardforum.com/announcement.php?f=40&announcementid=50

gl :)
 
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