Intel Corporation reviews

The main downside to working for Intel is the amount of the bureaucracy that is needed to get things done and even worse to get changes implemented. It is such a challenge to inject new ideas that one is often resigned to accepting what management wants. At times it's even easier and rewarded to just 'go along' with management. Further, Intel's total compensation package is no longer on par with the other companies in Silicon Valley. RSUs and stock options are a significant part of the compensation package but if the stock is not performing to expectations, Intel must revise their compensation and reward system in order to retain their talent as well as reward employees for stick with Intel.

Owing to its size, growth opportunities can be limited -- and might take some "luck". Compensation is not the best in the industry, unless stability is counted in. Their package for compensation is changing over the years to more "cash based" and less retention (stock) oriented. Their recent primary problem seems to have been that a newer management team has to "correct" the problems of an older team, and that leads to layoffs and restructuring affecting the average worker's life. Some lack of accountability can probably be attributed to senior management for such issues. Even within a given management team, some of their investment decisions in new areas have proven to be unwise requiring considerable corrections (again affecting the ordinary worker) for fixing those.