Intel

• Good work-life balance; did not have much overtime work and never had to do any on-calls.

• The team was nice and friendly, always available for assistance.

• Hybrid work; on-site was not super enforced when I was there (but also they were transitioning offices at the time).

• Lots of knowledge from speaking with co-workers, especially those who have worked there for many years.

• People passionate about their work and some position flexibility within teams.

• An American company that also has domestic fabs to produce chips; it probably won't fail anytime soon, and I am expecting a turnaround similar to AMD.

• Decent benefits.

Long meetings and the waterfall method, from being an "ancient" tech company, led to slow work progress. We would meet once or twice a week to discuss any bugs that arose.

Often, multiple follow-ups were needed to get co-workers' attention on issues or bugs.

The company doesn't know where it wants to go. They hired too many people and are now doing mass layoffs every few months (unfortunately, I was one of them).

General morale and confidence levels of the company feel extremely low due to false promises from management and multiple company failures.

I couldn't really connect with co-workers as an undergrad intern turned full-time. There was a very noticeable age gap and generational gap.

We need to do something to reinvigorate the company, especially cut down on so many meetings. Progress is so slow. We need to take in ideas from younger talent. There's definitely an idea gap between people who have been there for 10+ years versus new hires.