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Great work-life balance

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Intel for 2 years
July 4, 2018
Phoenix, Arizona
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Work-life balance.

Retirement contribution is around 5 percent (depending on each year) without you contributing anything to 401k.

You can change internally between teams easily compared to outside. In fact, Intel opens many positions to hire only internally.

Cons

Not fast-paced. Not a good place for software developers. This is not a software company. You hear people saying, "Intel does not know how to release software." You can still survive if you don't do the job.

Focal - Year-end review is a joke. My manager almost promised me a grade increase, but at the end, he said that upper management changed it, even though he recommended it.

Cloud - Does not have cloud infrastructure like AWS or Azure.

Pay is nowhere near market. I was surprised Intel pays low compared to other big software companies.

Advice to Management

Change the culture to fail fast. Currently, it fails slow. You will know that this project will be closed, but it takes around 2 years or so to close.

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