Pros
Prestige, career opportunties in tech industry with a solid and fair employer. Good international business exposure with 70%+ sales overseas. Can't beat the sabbattical benefit (seven years = 2 months paid time off) Lots of smart and talented people Manage your own career depending on how well you can network and do your job
Cons
Company is too big and no longer is a growth company with the career advancement opportunities afforded by such smaller companies. The stock price is stuck where it was in 1998 so the compensation has not fully adjusted... Middle and upper management is a mixed bag due to recent stalled growth and lack of formal management training (best engineer or product manager with longest tenure gets job level promotion) Company can be pretty insular due to size and market position dominance. Struggled to find growth areas outside of CPUs (desktops, mobile and server businesses are all CPU/chipset based). Annual focal process can be cumbersome and political.