AMD Reviews in Bangalore, India Area

Pros

Nice technical work
Open about technical details
Recogonize Employee Contributions
Cutting edge technology
Product Ownership in India
Great People to work with

Cons

Compensation ok
Bonuses not regular
Promotions Take Time
Office space not great
Not the best facilities
Company not well known

Advice to Senior Management

Need to do more to attract top quality talent. Regular training for existing talent. More formal recogonition and promotion programs.

Pros

Lot of opportunities for a person who would like to make a difference.

Cons

Lot of uncertainty in almost all employees. This is not so good environment such a big company should have.

Advice to Senior Management

Good strategies. Poor execution and implementation.

Pros

Resposibility
Flexible timing
No micro management
Good work in some teams

Cons

Disparity between teams
Some does very good work others very bad
Compensation bad ...people who work n doesn't get paid same.
Because of large number of contractor ...often very less competitive and informative....so the its about quantity of work nt quality,,,,
After 1 year work becomes repeatative...
Team's qaulity pay largely depends on teams manager.
No employee engagement .
Work life balance ....what is that
No cab,no internet bill(still u r expected to WFH),no food if u r staying late....
Not a great road map...
Unable to retain employees.....

Advice to Senior Management

You need to get good work and pay else IDC will be like a service providing site....

Pros

The best thing about working for AMD is the technology. AMD's processors are cutting-edge and employees can learn a lot from working on these processors. The culture is open and encourages sharing of technical information. By and large the employees are friendly and the work-life balance is great.

Cons

The company seems always to be just one step away from financial meltdown. This, unfortunately, has an effect on the way the company operates - there are quite a few penny-wise-pound-foolish decisions and teams are often understaffed. The effect of being understaffed is that everything gets done in a hurry, which isn't great for quality, because we're constantly picking up technical debt. Also, often there isn't enough time to think through things and actually acquire understanding because of the rush to get stuff done and move on to the next task.

The other issues with AMD are that it's very hierarchical, there seems to be quite a lot of disparity in how employees are treated, paid etc., and finally the pay and stock options (for those who get them) are well below the market average.

Advice to Senior Management

We need a better strategy than just copying whatever Intel is doing. We need a story for tablets and mobile phones. We need a good sever story and we really need to step up on x86 performance - and for this we really need to figure how to get GlobalFoundries competitive with Intel's Fabs.

I also think we need flatter organization and significantly increased investment in R&D.

Pros

Good place to collaborate with some of the best minds in the industry.

Cons

Petty politics in management pulls your motivation down

Pros

The salary and some of the benefits are competitive to the market while joining. Work and life balance is maintained by most of the employees here. Work from home facility.

Cons

Quality of work at india is poor. Pressure is too high at times. Poor knowledge sharing. Poor benefits apart from salary.

Advice to Senior Management

Improve the Quality of work at India

Pros

it was good to begin with, lot of technically sound professionals but lot of brain storming sessions; challenging job

Cons

quality intake has gone for a toss. not much opportunity for technical growth. people are not treated at par and with respect

Advice to Senior Management

employee who work hard and are important for the company, who helps meet overall team goals should be treated with respect and should be compensated accordingly

Pros

> Open culture
> Less Process
> Friendly n understanding Mgmt

Cons

<Salary
 < Market Position
< Less importance given to s/w

Advice to Senior Management

Salary, HR can be improved

Pros

Good technical know-how can be developed

Cons

Too much of work load and work pressure
Petty politics spoiling the place
Work/life balance - what is that?
No competitive compensation

Advice to Senior Management

Look at how the market is - analyze and execute
Don't go behind the competitor, set standards that make you the leader

Pros

Chance to work on latest technologies and processors
Opportunity to work with high end tools
Professional work environment and support teams.

Cons

Dotted line and matrix reporting causes more confusion than its usability.
Adhering to processes is a bit lax (though it seems to be improving now)
Managers dont have much capacity to identify performers from non performers hence career growth gets difficult.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to adhere to processes on engineering side.
Need to reduce the dotted line and matrix reporting which allows non-performers to survive.