Intel

Work-life balance is good. A small number of groups work on cutting-edge technologies.

If you expect career growth, never join this company. Performance evaluations are biased and opinion-driven. You are valued only if you spend more time impressing a handful of influential people than doing the real work. These influential people may have very little idea about recent market trends, cutting-edge technologies, etc. Yet they have been put into key decision-making positions. The results are frequent reorgs, huge competitive gaps, and continued loss of market share in every product segment.

Mass layoff about two-thirds of the managers. They are good for nothing. Directors and above are the most incapable leaders. Empower technical people to make technical decisions.