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Very good company, good benefits. Just too big and not much pizzazz

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Intel for 4 years
March 6, 2014
Hillsboro, Oregon
4.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Very good work-life balance - at least my position is around a 40-hour work week.

Good pay - not the greatest, but enough.

Good benefits - good health benefits.

Try to make some fun - got a lot of things going on, internally sponsored by employees as well as the company.

Very smart people and many people you can learn from.

Keep very flexible schedules.

Cons

Politics - some people just don't have your back.

Company is just too big, so lots of collaboration and communication inefficiencies.

Too slow - many times trying to play catch-up.

Hardware-oriented company with not many software options or company focus on software.

Culture, in my opinion, is very boring and dry - not exciting at all.

Advice to Management

Value more than metrics and data. I know they want a meritocracy, but also being a good personality can sometimes be better than being smart.

Better pay, better perks.

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