Intel Corporation Reviews in Austin, TX Area

Pros

it's a really big company. compensation is high considering what you don't do...if you like big companies then you should really consider working here.

Cons

the big corporation feeling is too impersonal to me. very typical desk job. in a cubicle. 9-5pm workday. can't stand it. cafeteria food sucks.

Advice to Senior Management

get things done.
make your manager happy.
don't sleep in your cubicle.
don't get caught sleeping in your car.
don't eat the cafeteria food.

Pros

Intel innovates technically in the US. They are industry leaders in certain areas, particularly manufacturing and high end processor design. They are capable of reinventing themselves when markets deem it necessary. There are tons of talented people working there.

Cons

Too many people. Everything becomes a battle for territory. Many jobs are extremely narrowly defined. Work culture can be downright hostile. As with any big company you need the right manager, the right position, and the right group to get a good experience.

Pros

Great Perks
Good flexibility for taking off
Great Benefits
They bend over backward to keep you comfortable in your job
       Quarterly trips, both by the individual team and the whole site
Great management from top to bottom - they try to keep you informed as they can

Cons

Intel Austin has a recipe for doing things, and it mostly involves using low tech and compensating using large amount of people/resources to compensate.
If you are a new hire or low experienced, this shouldn't matter because you need to learn the ropes anyways
If you are a high experienced person, it will be difficult to acclimate to the brute force way of doing things.
If you are a person who likes to have control or some input of how things are done, I would not recommend Intel Austin as a place to work. There may be some other sites where this may not apply.
Changing things may not be possible because the majority of the methodologies are not created in the Austin area.

Advice to Senior Management

If you wish to retain the best and brightest, you will have to have to allow some kind way for them to contribute to the methods that are being applied to them.
If you are not interested in doing that, I would recommend sticking to hiring college grads and low experienced people. It would allow austin to keep the current methodology going.

Pros

Intel has tremendous resources and the smartest people I've ever worked with. It has more focus and discipline than other tech companies I've seen and worked at. Intel makes sure to give teams the resources they need to get the job done.

Cons

Intel has more focus and discipline than other tech companies I've worked at. While that is great for cranking out great products on time, it is not a laid-back work environment.

Pros

not that busy compared with other company

Cons

not much grow room for normal ICs

Advice to Senior Management

NA

Pros

A strong position in processor design industry.

Cons

no clear view on next big innovative business model.

Pros

One of the best companies that provides myriad of opportunities and a single product is capable of generating over $1B/year. Experiences at Intel Corp is well recognized by other companies even beyond the technology sector.

Cons

As the company is very big, some pockets of organization tend to be very political and it is easy to get lost in such a big company.

Advice to Senior Management

Management should actively consider helping its own employees develop as leaders of the future. A lot of senior managers prevent its employees from pursuing MBA and such. This is a deterrent factor for many high potential candidates, who leave and work for other organization. Intel Corp is at a point where it needs a lot of management talent other than just technical horsepower and it is time that senior management embraces such thought process.

Pros

Solid products and leadar in manufacturing

Cons

Average Salary for exempt employee

Advice to Senior Management

Improve product portfolio

Pros

Dealing with Top notch technology with reasonable pay package. Good future, commited to spend in research & developement, top notch technology.

Cons

Not as annovative as Apple, Google. Always does the catch up game. Review process is not very growth oriented. Process technology leadership is waning.

Advice to Senior Management

Make the review process growth oriented, take out sycoophancy, beuracracy and inspire the new ideas. Take out the tools which are falling behind of industry standard eda tools

Pros

Stability. Benefits of a large corporation.

Cons

Lot of beaurocracy. Long hours is the norm.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to pursue a catchy application to get the stock price moving.