Nvidia

I have been at NVIDIA a very long time. I've seen the company grow very aggressively. They have the fortitude to continue doing that even though they are currently stumbling.

Typically hire "the best." Intellectual honesty. Generally good culture. Benefits seem decent. Stock options (now restricted stock) for a large portion of the company. CEO is very dynamic and a thoughtful engineer and businessman. Very charismatic. Generally good at retaining people. Projects are technically challenging. Do more with less.

The company has fallen from grace. They are no longer a leader. Jensen has a push into areas that I don't see as a major source of revenue. Meanwhile, AMD/ATI is executing very well, undercutting NVIDIA on price and nearly equaling performance.

They are trying to change things, but the company thinks it is small, yet it is no longer small. It takes an enormous amount of work to change the way they do things, and it is just not happening that quickly.

They continue to portray a positive attitude and the continuous "work harder" mantra in company meetings, but people are doing that. As others have said, I think they have lost touch with employees as well and constantly try to convince themselves that their course of action is right. Some of the aggressiveness with schedules shows they are a little out of touch with employees (who know when it is realistic and not).

"Do more with less" is not a good thing always; it used to be.

Other companies are probably more organized. NVIDIA still tries to run itself lean and mean, but there is nothing left to trim, and people are getting burned out.

It's very hard to re-evaluate themselves, but they really need to see if the old guard is doing the job. Lots of people have been there a very long time and have moved up, but they may need some fresh blood. Action needs to be taken to show that they will not stand for late projects, and someone has to be shown to be responsible for that.