Intel

Culture values open, direct communication.

Employees generally help each other.

Good overall compensation package.

Lots of very smart, driven people.

Once in the company, you can move around and try a lot of different things.

Work/life balance is achievable, outside of crunch times.

Uncertain business outlook. The majority of revenue comes from PCs, a declining market. We are working on building up the other businesses, but they are unlikely to be as profitable.

Many very complex products are split across sites and timezones. This isn't abnormal in itself, but in Intel's case, the site splits are sometimes arbitrary and/or politically driven. It slows the company down. Also, many groups have grown too large and have slowed down as a result.

Continue to consolidate sites and trim down existing projects. They are finally doing this.