Intel Corporation

I am surprised to see positive comments. I have watched senior women being bullied out of the company. In 7 levels until the CEO, there is not a single women in my chain. There is quite a diverse workforce in the base levels, and usually a token women in the management, but beyond that, it’s rare.

I had supportive managers who were helpful in having me advanced, had managers that expect me to convince my peers to simply respect and recognize me against all odds, and even the occasional manager that tried to push me out of the company. Should have left then.

It is a company with good benefits and interesting challenges. But more and more, after so many layoffs, the remaining taskforce is focusing on their personal career plan than to have a sustainable path for the company. If you know how to play the corporate game, great. If not, don’t bother…

I worked for Intel as an engineer in the assembly development group for 10 years in the 1980’s and 1990’s. After working other places, it was refreshing to have a company with a diverse work force and many women at all levels. I felt respected and everyone treated equally. It was a great place to work. They expected a lot, but they gave a lot too.

I worked in technical sales at Intel from the late 90’s until 2007. Compensation and benefits were definitely above industry average. The turnover among technical women was very high. Terrible work/family balance as all of these policies were “at the discretion of the manager”, in other words, forget it if you worked in an engineering or client-facing role. The salesforce was known as the last bastion of male supremacy…grown men in their 40’s and 50’s conducted themselves like fraternity boys. Sexual innuendo and inappropriate jokes and videos were the norm. Complaints were dutifully investigated, and then swept under the rug. The guy who harassed me and a co-worker in front of a room full of people was promoted to a GM role 3 months later. And then in our strategic planning reviews senior management would whine about how they can’t seem to retain any women. Pathetic. Judging by the above reviews, not much has changed.

I was in finance from 2000 and 2001 when the stock was going crazy and then the tech bubble burst. Intel at that time totally lacked strategy but was still one of the world’s most admired brands. HR was pushing stock options vs. salary which ended up being useless. In finance, the culture was arrogant and harsh, and there were plenty of women, but none I wanted to emulate. I had a female boss and Sr. Controller, but neither were people admirable or even terribly competent. Both were the worst examples of leaders I’ve seen in my career and were good at office politics and that’s where they put all their efforts. In key meeting, the woman leading me the meeting replied to a comment by saying, “We’re not solving world hunger here!”. That’s when I realized that I wanted to solve world hunger and leave these arrogant a-holes to worry about their stock options. It’s changed now in that the company got a dose of humility for a few years and realized they needed to be more women and friendly, and women I knew in other areas of the company had completely different expereinces.

Intel is my best experience so far. Really loved the company and the people.

Intel was the best company I worked for more than a decade. I advanced professionally and personally. I learned a lot and contributed my talents in various areas.

Intel is a very good company and my time in Intel was great. I learned a lot and contributed my talents in many different areas.

My time at Intel was great. I learned a lot and contributed my talents in many different areas.

I worked at Intel for a collective 17 years. I started in the early 1990’s being hired on by a female Director based in Santa Clara. She was Craig Barrett’s first Technical Assistant while he was COO. I loved working at Intel. You worked HARD and SHARP, then rejoiced in your successes. Our motto… WORK HARD, PLAY HARD! My boss was AMAZING. She was as smart as they come, strong, fair and supportive. I worked for her nearly 6 years in a variety of positions and departments, being promoted by her. All the while she was passed over as VP twice during that time. In my 7th year I took on a position working for a VP (Male). I was respected in my job and my thoughts. So much, that when my boss left Intel he took me along to his new company. Two years later that company was acquired and I was lead back to Intel. I was rehired by my first boss… Still, with all due respect, a Director. I found my 2nd round at Intel felt a lot more cold and corporate gray. The days of Andy Grove being President were coming to a close. The idea that you worked hard and played hard had become a thing of the past, we were much less aggressive. Then an opportunity for my boss to leave to become a VP at a nearby OEM arose and she grasped at the chance. There was no rebuttal and no counter offer. It broke my heart, she was an amazing asset and mentor. With no surprise she did so well at her next job, a fellow OEM hired her on as Exec VP two years later. By then I’d capped off in my grade and was grateful that I’d bypassed two redeployments. I decided in 2007 it was my time to move on. I currently work at a company that is HEAVY in Diversity and embraces women in leadership as well as Family First with modified work schedules. Cannot say how Intel has changed in the 10 years I’ve been gone, but that is how it was during the time I spent in Santa Clara and Folsom.

I was a low level mgr up until late ’01 and while I was generally better paid than a lot of companies, lip service was given to advancement and true equal pay. Unfortunately the worst contributors to this were HR and the few women who’d climbed the ranks but felt the need to keep other women down. I got the best support for my expertise when I had male managers. The worst process that the company followed was ranking and rating where they forced pay for performance into a bell curve so if you have a dept of stellar ee’s you still have to rate 20% on the low end. They also had no value for older ee’s or people who loved their job and didn’t want to advance or go into mgmt.

Andy Grove was the President of Intel when I worked with them in Santa Clara, CA.
My personal experience in working with them was extremely collaborative.

Offered incredible opportunity to learn with each position I held.

I have only been here at Intel for two years, so my comments will reflect what I think and have observed. Career Advancement is improving but I was initially shocked the number of Engineering Women Managers in the business group that I work in. It is too low at the middle management area. My perception for an experienced women who may have held titles and positions at previous companies, “prove yourself and we will promote you”, where as for a man the title, pay and opportunity is given without all of the proving. I’m still hearing stories of male counterparts making substantially more money than women in the same job and same grade level, but I know Intel is working on this and the stats are improving. They have put quite a few programs to support experienced hires and women. Intel is an extremely flexible, family friendly company.

I worked at Intel Amsterdam in the beginning of the 2000’s, my first “real” job right after university. I honestly couldn’t have asked for a better first employer. I look back with great memories, made some friends for life and got a pretty solid ground and training packages, that’s been helping me to excel in the years to come. I never found myself with less opportunities due to the fact that I am a women. They promote (and act) diversity, and had a strong company culture with focus on equality, and channels to go via if you needed support.

At that time I didn’t have children, but I am confident it would have been a great place to have them, as they supported home office, flexible hours, kindergarten support etc.

When comes to pay, my male co-workers with similar job scope, had equal pay. Pay was however the reason why I decided to leave Intel, they where not very competitive, and I landed a new job with an 80% increase! Very thankful for my years at Intel and I do recommend them as a great place to work for women (and men).

Women tend to disapear from Intel after maternity leave.

I did find Intel to be a pretty good place to work, however, they did not generally promote women into upper management at the division I worked at (the now defunct NED). But that was in the early 2000’s, so perhaps the culture there has changed.

I was a contractor for Intel, from 200o to August 2001. I did not get any Intel benefits. It was my first job in UK where I worked with people from other countries and who also spoke another languages. Great culture, good work environment. I`ve seen lots of colleagues, females and males, progressing their careers in the company. I dont know about the wages, I was aware a difference existed due to skills. We had lots of training. Excellent workplace.

My time at Intel was fine…. :0)

I worked here in the early 2000’s at the beginning of my technology career. One of my favorite places I have worked. There were a number of women groups that were supportive of the new woman starting and they sincerely listened to some of our concerns as new women in the field. Also, My male co-workers were supportive of my work and I always had a seat at the table. I can not speak for career advancement or pay as for: I have no Idea how much my male co-workers were getting paid & I choose not to stay there long term for personal reasons.

My time there was fine. :0)

I worked there in the 90’s and women and tech were still odd. It was a nice company, men always advanced before any women and we didn’t get any where near the same pay.

My time at Intel was great. I was supported by management and was able to contribute my talents in many different areas.

Intel was the best experience of my life. A five star company ,they are flexible,friendly and very awesome