Pros: Excellent name, great compensation, and a huge amount of resources to use towards silicon manufacturing and chip debug. I never had issues or problems getting time off for family issues, vacation, or work-life balance. As long as you get your work done, everything is up to your schedule.

Cons: Numerous layers of bureaucracy. Lots of meetings, task forces, etc. At its worst, it's ripped straight out of Dilbert. When the going gets rough, Intel slashes lots of "non-critical" departments (user research, product development, etc.) only to refill those positions a year or two later, sometimes with the same people. The career development/focal evaluation process is murky at best, and often left me dissatisfied with the lack of control over my career and the lack of meaningful feedback from management or others.

Pros: Great company culture. Diverse employee workforce. Has great benefits for working mums.

Cons: As is the case with most organizations, expect long working hours near project deadlines. Sometimes management timelines are set really aggressively and can cause burnout if you don't manage your work-life balance properly.

Pros: Not the worst place to work.

Cons: Could be a better place to work.