Taro Logo

Inhale and Exhale

Senior Firmware Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Intel for 4 years
June 20, 2015
Hillsboro, Oregon
4.0
RecommendsNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Great pay, great bonuses, mostly good people. Lots of projects and lots of groups. The company has a lot of cash to do things like fly you to other states for meetings on the corporate jets.

Cons

Hiring boom, followed by layoff boom. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Be very careful with your career. Everything your manager says about you is noted, and when the layoffs come, one simple comment from your manager can make the difference between you being on the street or having continued employment.

Advice to Management

Do a better job of forecasting upcoming project sizes and workloads.

Maybe don't hire 1,000 people if you plan to lay them off not long after.

At least act like you care about their careers.

Stop killing off profitable products for stupid reasons.

Stop forcing SCRUM on everyone, even if it's useless and a titanic waste of time.

Was this helpful?

Intel Interview Experiences