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Way behind in technology

Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Intel for 6 years
August 9, 2018
Hillsboro, Oregon
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Stable job, decent pay, multiple locations to pick from, interesting type of work.

Cons

The IT department is Intel's weakest link, and its incompetency is dragging the whole company down. We are supposed to be developing cutting-edge technology, while we are given ancient computers that break all the time. Many people I know can't even do their jobs because they have to deal with computer problems on a daily basis. On a given 40-hour week, I spend easily 10-12 hours dealing with computer issues because Intel is too cheap to give me a properly functioning computer. I honestly stopped caring a long time ago. All the IT department ever does is to send spyware and bloated software to our computers, which makes our computers even slower and clumsier. It's impossible to develop cutting-edge technology when you work with computers and tools that are clumsy, slow, and buggy.

Advice to Management

Get rid of the IT department and outsource the IT functions to a competent company that knows what they are doing.

Give your employees better tools and computers so that they can get their job done.

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