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Director of Engineering
Former Employee
Worked at Intel for 20 years
January 2, 2019
Portland, Oregon
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

A great place to spread your wings and test your limits. You will always find multiple people smarter than yourself or a group to work with that shares your common interests or directions. There is a very high value on strategic competency, and with that comes incredible autonomy. With the appointment to lead a problem-solving team often comes an open checkbook and the awesome responsibility that entails.

Cons

As with academic environments, you put a bunch of really smart people in a room, and there is often debate – sometimes too much debate, unless there is a strong leader who can implement clear processes. Easier said than done.

The overhead for managers to lead multi-geography teams for either projects or management structure is overwhelming, and from what I've seen, continues to be a major stumbling block to execution efficiency.

Constant iteration of business plans, because there is staffing to do so in Marketing/Planning, is a heavy burden compared to other companies, to the technical staffs.

Advice to Management

Streamline business planning and decision making despite constant chatter to do so.

Make it happen.

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