Intel

surrounded by very highly technically capable engineers, a big company, good compensation, flexible work arrangement if manager agrees, free drinks and fresh fruits, highly interesting and challenging projects.

• Big company
• Top-down project timelines (unrealistic and stresses out people)
• Meeting-heavy
• Horrible IT support
• The more time you give, they will keep taking it. So if you don't put a brake on it, you will become overworked and burn out quickly. You have to put a limit yourself since they won't stop you from overworking.

Don't create a market-driven schedule that is completely unrealistic from an engineering point of view.

Take the time to really develop a realistic schedule that has some slim chance of meeting.

Stop the meeting-centric culture that wastes everybody's time.