Intel

Benefits, pay, sabbatical (if you can last over 5 years), quarterly bonus, etc.

1. Poor managers with low EQ are not accountable for their bad decisions. They let all the blame flow downhill and scapegoat the ones that are working hard and making personal sacrifices.

2. Intel is all talk, and some of the "managers" are not examples of what they portray to the media and to new employees. Some employees will continue to perpetuate the hype and lies because they are part of the ingrained negative politics and backward-thinking culture.

3. Their focal process is unfair, based on politics, favoritism, and CYA tactics.

4. The open-door investigation process and warm line is a joke. It served only to collect information from the employee, appease them temporarily, just to discredit them and kick them out of Intel so that they will not have to deal with them anymore. This was the most sneaky and underhanded tactic that I have ever experienced in my professional career. It would take an act of God for me to ever trust Intel again.

5. Retention of women in STEM is also laughable. Support is limited to those that have a dedicated mentor. Those that do not have one are vulnerable to the politics and the recent popular backlash against women and minorities within Intel.

6. New people are thrown into a disorganized group with ill-defined processes, managers with no management skills, direction, and EQ. They are then expected to succeed when key team members are laid off in the middle of a project and without the necessary support from some team members and managers.

Quit perpetuating the myth about being a forward-thinking company. There are cancerous elements in the management and HR ranks.