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Stable company; slow career growth; lacking leadership from senior management

Staff Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Intel for less than 1 year
August 23, 2008
Santa Clara, California
3.0
No CEO Opinion
Pros

A stable company; benefits (e.g., medical, retirement) are above average. Intel is the leader in the industry.

You would have a chance to work with cutting-edge technologies and flexibility on projects you would like to work on.

If you would like to study, the company has a good education program to help employees get their education.

Cons

Very competitive among groups and individuals.

Career development is very slow.

It's very hard to get into management positions.

Senior management lacks leadership, especially in the software division.

Because of the competitive edge, individuals seem not to work closely with each other, even within their groups. Knowledge sharing is really lacking.

Communications between groups and individuals are very bad. Over-classification of technical information makes sharing much harder. External websites would have more information than internal websites.

Advice to Management

There is a lack of leadership in the software division. The new VP does not seem to lead the organization effectively. No clear direction and goals are set in the organization.

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