Intel

This was my dream company, and I had the pleasure of working for this company for more than 8 years. It had good work-life balance, other than 3-4 months of stressful work at the time of the product launch. There were talented folks around you. There was an option of work from home on a need basis (not for all teams).

This is typically a process-oriented company with too much documentation and good company policies. Here is where the pros end.

Intel's work culture has changed drastically over the years. It's extremely difficult to grow in the organization. It's over-process oriented; nothing happens without a meeting. There are lots of meetings and emails. We used to have good work-life balance, but things started slowly changing after 2008.

After spending too many years, it would be hard to find jobs outside Intel, as the technology you learn would be too specific to Intel (this is especially true if you work in the core team). There would be a few handful of companies where your job profile would fit.

Compensation is extremely low compared to the market. My salary was increased twice for the sake of market adjustment, but even then, it's still very low compared to the market for similar experience and job profiles.

Pay raises are very minimal or sometimes non-existent.

Respect your employees and fix low-level management.

Provide employee growth opportunities and help employees build their skills.