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Intel - Excellent compensation, too much management

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Intel for less than 1 year
June 24, 2008
Hillsboro, Oregon
3.0
Approves of CEO
Pros

Excellent name, great compensation, and a huge amount of resources to use towards silicon manufacturing and chip debug. I never had issues or problems getting time off for family issues, vacation, or work-life balance. As long as you get your work done, everything is up to your schedule.

Cons

Numerous layers of bureaucracy. Lots of meetings, task forces, etc. At its worst, it's ripped straight out of Dilbert. When the going gets rough, Intel slashes lots of "non-critical" departments (user research, product development, etc.) only to refill those positions a year or two later, sometimes with the same people.

The career development/focal evaluation process is murky at best, and often left me dissatisfied with the lack of control over my career and the lack of meaningful feedback from management or others.

Advice to Management

Get more people excited about their work, and proud to work there.

Continue to focus on innovation and performance leadership.

Continue to cut out layers of management.

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