Intel Corporation Reviews

Pros

Tecnology is very good to learn

Cons

Ranking rating system is very political

Advice to Senior Management

Talk to individual employee

Pros

flexibility, great place to work, allows risk taking

Cons

too much pressure, long project schedules, too much of x-site overhead

Pros

Good work life balance, ideal pressure, open environment for discussion & raising issues, egalitarian approach towards all employees

Cons

No structured approach for training, information sharing for new employees, cross-group cooperation is poor, people in US do not have great opinion of work done from BA

Advice to Senior Management

Management can think about incorporating policies to enhance career development of employees and create a mutually rewarding experience

Pros

Intel is a true meritocracy. If you do the work and excel, you can go as far as you want. The pay was excellent for a person with no experience in the field, and there were plenty of intangible benefits as well. Quarterly bonuses for meeting production goals and parties and events were all part of the Intel experience. If I had the opportunity, I would work there again without hesitation.

Cons

The 12 hour overnight shifts I was hired for were very difficult on my home life. If you have a family or small children, I would think hard about how you're going to make it work. But for the right person, it's a fantastic opportunity.

Advice to Senior Management

In my time at Intel Hudson, the only issue I could see was the the semi-constant fear that the facility was redundant and that massive changes (layoffs, closing, etc) were always on the horizon. This was pretty hard on morale for obvious reasons.

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

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

i like good work culture

Cons

intel has very low salary

Advice to Senior Management

increase the salary and help employees for internal transfer else they can leave company

Pros

Great work/life balance
Small perks at work like an onsite health facility, free fruit, and snacks
Discounts on meals

Cons

No transparency (Need to know)
At this site, people are complacent with their jobs

Pros

This is a really great place to work for the majority of engineers. The company culture is very very good.

Cons

the work is a little bit boring.

Advice to Senior Management

This is a really great place to work for the majority of engineers. The company culture is very very good.

Pros

Well structured process for developing individual goals and objectives worked out between managers and employees. Provides for good sense of ownership of progress

Cons

Somtimes the politics of different groups interfere with best practices of tasks. Some managers recognize this and defend individuals to other groups. Some do not.

Advice to Senior Management

Provide some additonal opportunities for younger new employees to meet one on one with senior managers for some mentoring toward long term careers at Intel