Intel

Fundamentally, they make good products and are a world-class, stable company. There are a variety of jobs to do, and if you work at it, there is plenty of room for professional growth.

The pay is comparable and fair. There are travel opportunities.

All but the very factory-centric jobs are in decline.

If it's not tied to the immediate bottom line, it's turning into a slow-moving bureaucratic company, and it's getting worse every day.

That makes it difficult to make meaningful changes.

There are expectations of many international late-night meetings.

If you don't push back and learn to control it, they will take all the time you will give them.

Even after the manpower cuts, there is so much fat left in the middle management layer that is just slowing down progress, as everybody scrambles for their territory. Get rid of some more of them if they aren't producing.