Intel Corporation Reviews in Portland, OR Area

Pros

Diverse technical challenges
Can work on everything from chips to software without changing companies
Benefits and compensation are excellent
Super people to work with

Cons

Intel has (IMHO) struggled since the bubble of the early 2000s, keeping a higher percentage of very senior people (management and otherwise) while laying off more junior. Now, growth for more junior folks is constrained by the crowd at the top.
The company has struggled also to get a handle on any "right" strategy for addressing the handheld (and now tablet) market. They're on the third or fourth (at least) attempt and it would be great for them to get it right.

Advice to Senior Management

Apply strong encouragement to very senior folks in all functional domains to leave/retire so you can make room for your great junior contributors to move up during their careers.

Pros

Pay, opportunity, stability, cutting edge, enjoy working with products consumers are interested in, Good people, compensation, benefits, upper management seems to care about employees.

Cons

Commute can be horrible. I have a long term concern for work live balance. Can be a highly competitive work environment,

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to win but continue to make integrity a top priority. Compensation, great products, and opportunity makes the competitive environment and long hours worth while.

Pros

work life balance, telecommunicate, vacation (they don't track it or care if you go over), coworkers, autonomy, rotation, ability to get MBA.

Cons

Pay (always can be better).

Advice to Senior Management

None

Pros

Pros : Flexible timings, good pay scale, feels good to work with the leader of semiconductor

Cons

Cons: Not all teams having exciting project.

Pros

-Great community
-Laid back atmosphere
-Great people
-Great food and drinks
-Very interesting work
-New technologies to play with
-Great learning experience

Cons

Intel definitely has that "big company" vibe where you feel kind of lost in the big picture, but inside your team you feel right at home.

Advice to Senior Management

I would have liked to see the interns be able to take part in some of the stock purchase programs and maybe have gotten better benefits.

Pros

Compressed work week, competitive pay, good benefits, good management, friendly coworkers, lots of advancement opportunities and fast paced work. MT's get great work / life ratio but the same can't be said for engineers, but that's why they make the $$$

Cons

you won't last long if you can't multitask. Can be stressful if you let stressed out engineers get to you.

Advice to Senior Management

Record profits = good bonuses right? does not seem to be the case at Intel

Pros

-Lots of resources
-Working with smart people
-Good benefits

Cons

-Long hours
-Big corporation culture
-Managers are very demanding

Advice to Senior Management

Acknowledge the employees more often.

Pros

The work is extremely interesting. People are drivng and are hard workers. Being on the leading edge of technology is exciting.

Cons

Plenty of work. Always more than I can get done.

Pros

Stock options, bonuses twice a year, pretty descent 401K/SERP benefits. A lot of job growth if you put in the effort. The company encourages taking college classes to keep up with technology and lastly a great place to work!

Cons

To many managers that can't agree on the basic things! Most days you are in 5-6 meetings a day and it's hard to get anything done.

Advice to Senior Management

Please listen to your employees!

Pros

Although the pay is great, Intel asks a lot from it's employees. I enjoy, personally, many of my co workers. I really like living in Portland - there isn't many finer cities in the USA. Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with my current role and management structure.

Cons

Intel seems to change organizationally a lot. Middle management seems to have political infighting that is completely unnecessary. I prefer a place where people work together better and where the communication between employees are better. Intel also tends to be a bit scattered and not very disciplined when it comes to getting work done. Things are done fast in my area, but not very well thought out.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work for supporting the employees at all levels. There seems to be a lot of politics in middle management. I would spank the middle managers who seem to be playing politics and not focusing on delighting the customers.