Intel

Intel is a great company, as it is amongst the elite tech companies that originated in Silicon Valley. You can count companies like Google, Microsoft, and Apple as peers, with similar salaries and benefits.

The problem with Intel is that it currently has somewhat of an identity crisis. Its core chip business is plateauing, and it missed the boat on mobile, so it is trying to expand into other verticals such as wearables, VR, IoT, etc., by making acquisitions.

Unfortunately, Intel has such a bad track record with acquisitions due to cultural baggage that there simply isn't any hope to incubate something big beyond their old "we're a chip company" mentality.

The gravy train is coming to an end, so start letting smarter people truly innovate by getting out of the way.