Vantaggi
The top two reasons for working at Intel is, the people and the opportunities. Intel still houses some of the industry best engineers and it's open door policy allows one to really grow. Secondly, Intel with it's size offers many opportunities. It's not difficult to move from group to another. The caveat is that you have to pick the right group.
Svantaggi
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.