Opportunities to work with some of the most brilliant people in the chip design industry (who also often happen to be some of the nicest).
Flexible work schedules for non-fab employees.
Paid 8-week sabbatical every 7 years.
Good benefits and pay -- automatic retirement contribution from the company (not a match like most).
Work/life balance is reasonable in most positions -- the company seems committed to improving this even more.
Slow, cumbersome bureaucratic decision-making processes at all levels. The company has tried to fix this at the corporate level, but the results have been mixed at best and have not really made it down to rank-and-file employees.
Poor project planning and project resourcing. Constant crisis-mode operation is the result.
Review process based on a bell curve and arbitrary HR quotas.
Staff projects appropriately.
Keep working to fix the decision-making process.
Respond to customers' needs; don't try to define their needs for them.
Keep the great perks. They are much appreciated and keep employees loyal.
At the beginning, I was referred for a position to work there. I received a call from one team member, asking when I could have an interview. I went to the site, and after the interview, approximately one month later, I was already working there.
It was simple: they asked me about my CV and gave me some questions about logic and math. It was an hour and a half long, more or less, and the interviewers were really nice.
There were two interviewers. One asked the questions, and the other mainly listened. They asked me to tell them about myself and about the university project. Then, they asked a few logic questions. The interview was two hours long.
At the beginning, I was referred for a position to work there. I received a call from one team member, asking when I could have an interview. I went to the site, and after the interview, approximately one month later, I was already working there.
It was simple: they asked me about my CV and gave me some questions about logic and math. It was an hour and a half long, more or less, and the interviewers were really nice.
There were two interviewers. One asked the questions, and the other mainly listened. They asked me to tell them about myself and about the university project. Then, they asked a few logic questions. The interview was two hours long.