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Good work life balance, great bonding leave now as a part of Intel, on site fitness classes, lots of employee resource groups, company fun events (in 42 reviews)
We have innovative teams and great working environment (in 35 reviews)
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Poor work life balance Stagnant (in 12 reviews)
Not much options for career advancement (in 15 reviews)
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"Altera Review"
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RecommendsApproves of CEOI worked at Altera full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Great Place to Work. Great Colleagues and Smart Engineers
Cons
Low Compensation, Large Company, Moves after deliberation
Advice to Management
Become Agile
Altera 2017-06-27 20:42 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Fair Company"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookI worked at Altera full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Friendly Working Environment
Balance life and workCons
Old Methodology
Lack of Clear DirectionAltera 2017-03-18 20:27 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Product Marketing Manager"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Altera (More than 3 years)
Pros
Strong management team, outstanding technology, great sales organization
Cons
Tendency to micromanage with some projects. Very few cons. Enjoyed working for this company.
Advice to Management
Keep up with the innovations, leverage Intel technology
Altera 2016-12-21 12:27 PST![Altera Logo]()
"Altera Internship"
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Smart people, free snacks and beverages.
Cons
Poor Software Development practices, no adherence to scrum, generally poor software infrastructure.
Altera 2016-12-04 23:01 PSTHelpful (1)
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"Low salary"
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I worked at Altera full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Good environment. Non-managerial peers are friendly and easy to work together.
Cons
Quite a bit of politics when comes to promotion. HR not pro-active.
Advice to Management
Exercise less favoritism and more on providing opportunities for everyone to grow.
Altera 2016-12-13 10:20 PST![Altera Logo]()
"Good Company to Work"
StarStarStarStarStarRecommendsPositive OutlookI worked at Altera full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Excellent leadership team, offers employees opportunities to take on new roles and to further develop.
Cons
The company is experiencing much change in organization as they integrate into Intel.
Altera 2016-10-06 08:04 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Vice President"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookI worked at Altera full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
People were great. Lots of camoradorie
Cons
President was an introverted know it all. Prided himself on remembering every negative thing about employees. Horrible at employee morale building
Advice to Management
Realize that "seasoned" employees have a lot to offer. Quit "pushing out" older employees via severance agreements that had a lot of valuable experience.
Altera 2016-10-06 22:02 PDT![Altera Logo]()
"Altera"
StarStarStarStarStarRecommendsPositive OutlookI worked at Altera full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
great company. very talented and professional people. Good benefits
Cons
We are not allowed to walk on the lawns
Altera 2016-09-28 12:23 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Worse than Feescale, worse than AMD"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Altera (More than a year)
Pros
There are some very smart people here (who generally aren't being given a chance to shine). Free sodas and snacks, free tacos once a week, occasional happy hours. The conference rooms are named for notable Texas musicians.
Cons
This echos what other people have said: There seems to be a 'club' or 'clique' of people who don't do much work, repeatedly miss deadlines, and face no criticism for it. One guy plays ping-pong for 1.5-2 hours almost every day.
But if you're not in the club, watch your back! The politics here is much worse than at Freescale or AMD. Some of the Directors really dislike each other and will try to create obstacles and delays if they can.
And again, the most important thing I can say is, don't trust ANYBODY and WATCH YOUR BACK!Advice to Management
Scrape out the top 2-3 layers of software management, start anew. Identify and promote the people here who ARE doing good work.
Altera 2016-09-22 18:59 PDT![Altera Logo]()
"Staff applications engineer"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOPros
Good work life balance, great bonding leave now as a part of Intel, on site fitness classes, lots of employee resource groups, company fun events
Cons
Limited career growth options, salary could be better, less focus on retention and more focus on new hires
Advice to Management
Focus on developing women leaders
Altera 2016-08-03 04:31 PDT
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