AMD Reviews in Canada

Pros

Friendly teammates and managers, accessible gym, flexible working hours

Cons

Job less stable compared to other big tech companies.

Advice to Senior Management

N/A

Pros

decent salary
good benefits
flexible work hours
very nice people

Cons

slow promotion
constantly struggling in the industry

Advice to Senior Management

Find the right direction for AMD and invest more in people

Pros

Flexible hours, above average pay.

Cons

Lack of mobility, horrible software development process

Pros

People in AMD are downright good hearted people with brilliant minds.
I never ever felt I have to always watch my back. I had not met a Micro Manager here. Takes forever to hire (I've put in so many long hours) but they know to hire those who they can trust.
Very flexible so long am at work at 10am. I have to take kids to day care. Mgt understands parent duties very strongly.
Management encourages use of vacation/time off.

Cons

Promotions take forever. You know other companies are always eyeing AMD people so one's always fighting the thought of moving or staying.
Constant change in leadership

Advice to Senior Management

Don't overlook your current employees. Promote as fairly. We are happy when there's a new engineer in the team. Next things we check is the title they were hired into.

Pros

-Flexible hours (core hours between 10am and 4pm, you can come in early to leave at 4, or come in at 10 to leave late.
-Great benefits (full-time get 90% dental - max $2,000, full drug, full massage, physio, chiro, orthotics, etc - max $500 each)
-Very friendly.
-Great place to learn.

Cons

-Located in Markham (horrible traffic).
-Small percentage of women.

Pros

Very competitive compensation packages. Many of the positions require working on the cutting edge of technology, and can be very challenging.

Cons

The company does not believe in investing in their people. Attendance to seminars and conferences are treated as perks rather than opportunities for staff to upgrade their skills and abilities. The company's market niche is being eroded at both the high end and low end by its competitors, and so far the product roadmap does not appear to be capable to address this situation.

Advice to Senior Management

The company needs to source and develop more of their technical staff. Many significant fellows were lost and not replaced in recent years. Address the cons above. All management should be focused on the product, how to produce it, and how to develop their current staff to assist in this effort. Figure out what AMD's niche should be and make the necessary painful decisions in the roadmap before it is too late. Opening new sites in cheaper locales distracts management attention from the product that delivers revenue, in favour of dubious cost cuts that get eaten up by increased travel costs.

Pros

They have a great product.

Cons

It's an Engineering environment and everyone else is second.

Advice to Senior Management

Look more at how much time and passion your employees bring to their roles; don't just review them as a number.

Pros

- The only high tech big employer in Toronto, acquired from ATI
- Good compensation

Cons

- CEO changes frequently as well as road maps
- Projects frequently cancelled before tape out

Advice to Senior Management

EOM

Pros

Working with the latest technologies with innovations that drives the products to be the best in the market.

Cons

Progress and growth is difficult.

Pros

- If you don't like to do any actual work, you can get away with a lot of that here.
- The pay is fair.
- it's a big organization so there is potential for career growth

Cons

- Management doesn't recognize the value of curiosity
- Critical roles assigned to unreliable interns
- Low morale among coworkers

Advice to Senior Management

Deal with the people who spend all day on youtube.
Promote curiosity as it is a requirement for creativity and education.
Don't expect your interns to work on-call in a critical role
Be flexible with task assignments to interns