Or is it the same and we need to get out of this particular rat race.
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As another said Intel hires only fresh out of school. They like to say that is because they don't have to reteach bad habits, listen to experienced people who say it can't be done, or argue with why they shouldn't do it this way like we did at another company. The result is a totally insular company where the new graduates are to scared to do anything but what their boss tells them, their boss and bosses boss likely have seen nothing but the intel way and have never experienced other approaches or cultures that have good and bad.
Thus in some places Intel is very happy to continue to do things the same old hard way. Dang the development organization doesn't even want to listen to the seasoned manufacturing experts that come every generation to Oregon to learn the next technology. The arrogance runs so deep and wide it becomes impossible to do anything but what your boss has told you to do exactly.
Is that a culture that can adapt to new and rapid changing conditions?
The only way it can change is to get an outsider to come in, but BK is as inside as you can get coming thru the army ant manufacturing organization, TMG is lead by Intel lifers who have never seen the outside.
Some species are small and nimble and flexible and adapt as the competitive nature changes around it. Others in nature like the dinosaur can go poof in a blink of an eye. Where is Kodak, Motorola, Blackberry, Nokia. These companies all were on top of the world and in the blink of an eye are nothing.
Having worked in a few other companies I think the following attributes are strong at intel:
1) Too many hierarchies.
2) Descisions are made by a DM and not by reaching concensus.
3) Too many meetings.
4) Inward looking culture.
5) Information does not flow around
6) 100% failure in aquisitions.
7) Talk is more valued that Deeds.
Some other companies in tech suffer from 1 or more of the above issues.
The comment below is spot on.
I'd assume that a good portion of folks who could help have been swept away with passive aggressive Successful/SL4's...
The culture is what makes Intel unique, and not in a good way. They hire directly out of college students to ensure the mainstream employees are brainwashed into the "Intel way" of doing things. They do not follow industry standard methodologies and processes for product development and will never align with good software development because they have no clue how to get on track with those standards. The best thing they can do is purge the culture. Get rid of those that have no real world experience so the changes that are needed can truly happen. It has to occur on a large scale, as those "lifers" are arrogant, smug roadblocks that have zero experience implementing real standards and efficiencies. Those that think Intel cannot operate without them are the source of the problem. Any quality employee should build a framework where their job has repeatable, understandable, with documented procedures that support the company able to run without being held hostage by tribal knowledge. Shifting a paradigm of reactive cowboys saving the day to proactive, planned, sustainable processes.
"Intel has a very bizarre culture."
Absolutely!....
Intel is different than any other tech company where I've worked. Because it's basically a monopoly and a dozen or so "customers" represent a 80+% of revenue, it is very inward looking and detached from the marketplace.
Intel found itself without customers to sell their products to. Who buys a tower or laptop anymore?? IBM sold off pcs years ago to Lenovo in China. When Intel missed the smartphone and tablet boat their fate was sealed. Intel will still be around for a long time but will start looking more and more like HP. Maybe they can get Carly Fiorina to help move things along.
Which companies respect people in the tech industry?
Intel has a very bizarre culture.
I would say yes different and worse. But the poster below is right. US companies are there to make money. But at many the employees are a valuable asset is more than a slogan. Many companies behave as if it is at least partially true.
Tech is the worst. Filled with borderline sociopaths with little to no social skills and a complete lack of self awareness
The bottom line at all corporations is ROI and paying investors a profit. When things go downhill employees are the first to go. Intel is no different. It's called capitalism.