Intel

Plenty of opportunities to try new things without having to switch companies or relocate.

Not many perks and benefits that most people would use.

General benefits (retirement contributions, bonuses, stock options, etc.) have been on the decline the last decade. "Competitive with peer companies" is the excuse, although they used to be much better and justified lower base salaries because of those higher benefits. Now the benefits are lower, but the salaries remain the same.

Small working environment. Never had offices. Started off with gray 72 sq ft cubicles. Then they "compressed" the cubicles to 48 sq ft. Then they replaced the 6'-tall gray cubicle walls with 5'-tall tan walls to "facilitate collaboration." This just made things noisier. They also shrunk the furniture to make your 48 sq ft veal pen feel roomy. Now they are compressing these smaller cubes into 36 sq ft. It feels like some sick and twisted version of Moore's Law applied to office space density.

Company used to emphasize the culture and our six core values. Not so much anymore. I think that was an Andy Grove thing. The last few CEOs appear to have been made from a different mold (although the same mold) -- less emphasis on the employees that made the company great and more emphasis on responding reactively to the bottom line.

Ask yourself, "Does this advisor have a personal benefit to skew the data to their advantage?" Nobody who spends the majority of their time in the office thinks 36 sq ft is adequate. The furniture police pushing this concept won't have a job if they admit it isn't the right thing to do. So, of course, they're going to emphasize the teams that benefit (mobile travelers) and hide the responses from the teams that are screaming, "Enough is enough!"