Intel Corporation Reviews in Phoenix, AZ Area

Pros

good work life balance
lots of internal opportunities to move around

Cons

has become too big and a commodity coimpany

Advice to Senior Management

stay the course

Pros

Avg about a 2% pay raise every year.
120 hrs, 80.5 hrs Holiday, 80 hrs PA vactaion every year!
New hires to intel get better pay than the sr. staff.

Cons

Pay does not keep up with the new hires. We have senior techs with over 16 years of service or more at intel that are making less the $21 hr. this is with an average 5.5% pay raise every year. New techs are hired in at a 56 and 57 paygrade in the $24-$28 hr range. well above the Sr. 56 and some 57 paygrade techs. So as a new person to intel expect beter pay tham the Sr. Staff.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to make sure pay is fair to all people. Just give the sr techs the same pay as the new hires, not asking for more just asking for equal. HR saying you have been doing great with 6% average pay raise per year might sound warm and fuzzy but if you bring in the new guy at $3 or $4 more an hr in pay...The 6% is just lip service. equal pay for eaqual work.

Pros

Intel is considered to be CSR (corporate social responsibility) oriented company. Seemingly it takes a good care of it's employees in terms of perks and professional development.

There are however a lot of complaints being heard about the quality of middle management... incompetent managers, etc.

Cons

Intel's Focal process is riddled with flaws. Case in point: the requirement to collect 360 feedback from your peers (~7+). Providing feedback on your manager a different matter as there is often no other method to obtain honest opinion on management's performance. But there is an obvious conflict of interest when the very same people who are in your ranking group are asked to provide 360 feedback. It is often very easy to put 2&2 together and pinpoint the source of negative comments. For instance, I remember going way beyond the call of duty helping someone who made some unfair comments.

Advice to Senior Management

quality of middle management... incompetent managers, etc.

Intel's Focal process is riddled with flaws. Case in point: the requirement to collect 360 feedback from your peers (~7+). Providing feedback on your manager a different matter as there is often no other method to obtain honest opinion on management's performance. But there is an obvious conflict of interest when the very same people who are in your ranking group are asked to provide 360 feedback. It is often very easy to put 2&2 together and pinpoint the source of negative comments. For instance, I remember going way beyond the call of duty helping someone who made some unfair comments.

Pros

1. Open communication
2. Learning opportunity
3. Mentoring

Cons

1. Compensation
2. Dyanamic changing environement

Pros

Challenging work
Great co-workers
Interesting international people to work with
Good use of techology for employees to get their work done
Dynamic work environment/demands so you're never bored
Intel supports GREEN projects
Intel encourages employees to volunteer and provides opportunities
Lots of online classes for employee development
Individual managers can be supportive of work/life balance needs
2 month sabbatical after 7 years service

Cons

Lots of stress
Long hours, especially if a deadline is approaching or for a taskforce
Always connected to work via email, including evenings and weekends

Pros

Opportunity to transfer for betterment.

Cons

Too much work pressure and competition.

Pros

Flexibility and Job security. Open door policy.

Cons

No Growth. Hard to make an Elephant dance. Intel is no exception.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your leaves.

Pros

work life balance
salary
benefit
free clinic
free fruit and drinks
free gym

Cons

job cuts
some managers did a lot of micromanaging

Advice to Senior Management

more recognition for work. Less micromanaging

Pros

GPTW - Great management team, Best in class technology. Competitive in the industry with compensation. Smart people around you. Learning opportunities

Cons

Management is old and in a lot of ways unwilling to new ideas. Company struggles with growth areas. Expectations are too high.

Advice to Senior Management

Encourage out of the box thinking. Move into new markets that are not PC-centric. Stop being anal about trival things. Look at the bigger picture!

Pros

Great place to work offering good salary base, great compensation benefits and perks (i.e paid sabbaticals, stocks) and extraordinary work-life balance

Cons

Employee evaluation process too focus on PM and management roles leaving individual contributors roles somehow in disadvantage

Advice to Senior Management

Review traveling and telecommute policies for employees.