Intel

Great compensation and benefits. Paternity leave is amazing and encouraged. In-house training is good. Some managers really care about employees.

Work-life balance is terrible:

You are expected to respond to issues 24/7 within 30 minutes and be able to be onsite within 2 hours. The fab is chronically understaffed for engineers because management does not consider on-call time as work time.

Job stability is non-existent:

During the recent round of layoffs, everyone in my organization that had been working longer than 3 years was fired. Many people leave due to burnout.

Career growth is working for the right manager at the right time:

Success at Intel trickles down. If a manager is successful and promoted, those under them also get promoted, regardless of whether there are more qualified or senior people in other organizations.

Fear of failure holds technology development hostage:

At every level, it is made clear that you will be fired for any mistakes. This means any fixes you come up with to make the job easier get caught in the limbo of, 'Is it important enough to pursue?' The result is, as an engineer, you are forced to continuously put out fires rather than actually solve issues.

Live the values of the company. Risk-taking and a great place to work are values on our badges, but they are continually put to the side for cost or fear.