Intel Corporation reviews

Pay generally somewhat less than "industry standard", sometimes as much as 20%; medical costs increasing even when company contribution decreases due to overall decrease in benefit cost; extremeny tight-lipped concerning major job-affecting events, to the detriment of the general worker population, even to the point that the board has been concerned; At times it becomes difficult to procure what's needed in order to perform job duties (this is department- and group-dependent) due to some in middle management being more concerned about minimizing costs at a bottom-line level as opposed to suspending or eliminating "nice - to - have" tools, equipment and services...

You are expected to work like you are in a crisis - all the time. Your manager has too much control over your career and life. Only ~50% of the employees actually add value or generate revenue - the rest spend their time communicating, updating and justifying what they are doing - all at a "Type A" frenetic pace. You are responsible for your own employability (which is OK) but the company really has no idea what skill they will need beyond ~ 6 months. Consequently, they lay off existing employees and then hire the skills that are needed for today. Very wasteful and demoralizing.