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Test Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Intel for 1 year
September 9, 2014
Hillsboro, Oregon
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

In general, people are good. Great benefits and pay.

Cons

No work-life balance. Politics get in the way of getting anything done. If you aren't in management, your opinion is not valued. They will find any way possible to make your time there difficult if they deem you not "Intel quality." Like someone once told me, "Intel is where engineers go to die." I also found, as a female working there, the environment was even more closed-minded to you. Don't be misled by all their advertising of "women in engineering" or claims that they want to hire more females. I endured plenty of discrimination in my time there.

Advice to Management

You really are not as smart and almighty as you think you are. You missed the train years ago for the mobile market, and no matter how fast you move, it's going to be impossible to keep up. Stop draining the life out of your employees. Hire more people so work can be more evenly and appropriately dispersed.

Also, you may want to monitor your managers more closely because there's a lot more harassment going on than meets the eye.

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