Intel

At Intel, you are compensated fairly well compared to other similar companies. At a big-name company, you also get the recognition and respect when you tell your friends where you work. Deep pockets also mean that when your group is dissolved for any reason, it is likely you can find something else (instead of getting laid off altogether).

Little to no work-life balance. People seem to compete over how much more time they spend at work.

Risk-taking is not encouraged, and the solution to many management problems seems to be "work longer hours."

Company is so large that a lot of legacy must be supported, and one has to go through lots of bureaucratic red tape to get anything done.

We need more encouragement and recognition for the engineers that actually do the work.