Intel

Flexibility and work-life balance.

Compensation.

Career advancement and vast opportunities to learn and grow professionally.

In my opinion, poor executive leadership decisions and direction over the past 10+ years have resulted in company and stock price decline, as well as multiple rounds of poorly executed job cuts.

Despite efforts to flatten the organization, many long-serving senior managers are still in positions of significant power. I feel that their toxic, political, and self-serving turf battles could ultimately lead to a total collapse of Intel.

Perhaps replace anyone with more than 20 years in management and within three levels of the CEO with fresh blood who are truly vested in the long-term success of this once amazing company.

This may sound harsh, but it may be necessary.

It is my opinion that too much focus is being placed on cutting technical individual contributors, missing the actual obstacles to success and bleeding critical knowledge and experience with every round.

On a personal note, I was sad to leave this company and very disappointed in the fact that I felt my best option was to exit before I was really ready.