Intel

I was fortunate to work with very smart people and a great manager.

Get to work with the latest Intel technology.

Good health benefits, yearly performance reviews, profit-sharing bonus, stock purchase program, 3 weeks vacation, sabbatical after 4 or 7 years.

Every group at the company is different, and they generally don't communicate with each other well.

There are often several groups competing for the same projects, and if you don't get the good projects, you won't get promoted (without minority status) no matter how hard you work.

Massive bureaucracy slows development and hinders innovation since time is being spent checking boxes and not doing actual work. This will vary from group to group. I was lucky to rarely experience this; my friends were not as lucky.

Upper management needs to make it a priority to stop the duplicate efforts across the company. Essentially, know what your groups under you are doing!