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Highly competitive, unfriendly co-workers

Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Intel for less than 1 year
March 10, 2010
Austin, Texas
2.0
Doesn't RecommendApproves of CEO
Pros

Compensation, bonuses, and benefits are great.

Upper management keeps everyone informed of what is going on and seems to be competent.

It's fairly easy to move around to different positions if you aren't happy with your work.

Flexible vacation and time off.

Cons

The people. Most people are very competitive and will only help you if they have something to gain from it. Even those that aren't competitive often wait days or weeks to respond to an e-mail and are condescending when they eventually do respond.

Every project is separate, and you need permission from multiple managers to even read any documents or access files. Getting permissions often takes several days or even weeks. It feels as if they don't even trust their own employees.

Tools are all custom-designed and often poorly replicate already available software. Very little documentation is available for them. A major part of my job involves fighting with the tools so I can do my actual job.

Advice to Management

Encourage employees to work together and foster a friendly, helpful environment. Also, ditch the custom tools and move to more industry-standard solutions.

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