Intel

Knowledgeable people, everybody wants to succeed here. There's a lot of competition. The pay is not bad but can be better.

The company is dealing with a great number of awful and inexperienced managers. Some do not even have any technical background to be leading a technical group in the first place.

If you have found a great manager, my best advice is to stick with him and maybe not change groups until you are sure where you will land.

There is a lot of gossiping going on at the workplace. Mainly, the style of management creates such a hostile work environment. Some groups at Intel become like gangsters; to get admission, you must state your loyalty to the manager and their own culture, while the company policy dictates another.

My experience is HR is not to be trusted. They are not helpful, just a bunch of bureaucrats looking for their next paycheck.

If you are ever in a dilemma with a manager, better look for a new job in a new group.

Overall, do not trust anyone nor any manager. Let time be your ally; then you can let your guard down, and that is after 3 years of working with them.

Management needs to acknowledge the lack of fairness within many decisions that management can make. These decisions can affect an employee's career for years to come in a company as big as Intel.