AMD Reviews

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

Opportunity to make progress towards solving many internal issues in more than one functional area.
Chance to be the "David" who defeats "Goliath".
Great teams and very intelligent co-workers.

Cons

Lack of a consistent strategic focus.
Too many high level management changes.
Lack of clear roles and responsibilities.
Lack of operational discipline that results in poor decision making.

Advice to Senior Management

Get a plan, stick with it and make some money for your shareholders!

Pros

large tech company in austin

Cons

struggling as the economy went down

Pros

Lots of IP and potential

Cons

Big company issues, but no money in bank

Advice to Senior Management

Help in execution, cut costs in top management

Pros

Good balance between work and family

Cons

Internal culture needs more accountability and ownership

Pros

Good work environment
Reasonable workload
Smart people

Cons

Unclear company future
Uncertain strategy
Bad cafe

Advice to Senior Management

Direction, Direction, Direction

Pros

Good location, good networking, friendly people. Very nice people to work with and a lot of cool processes and technologies to work with.

Cons

Disorganized teams, understaffed, bad quick and dirty solutions to things, not alot of innovation happening in the team I was working in. Poor relocation services

Advice to Senior Management

Not alot of people on the small teams are seeing the bigger picture at AMD. Most of the people are just doing the work to get it done, not very nurturing for an internship experience...

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

Work for the chipset department.

Cons

I was in a small division. Avoid such groups

Advice to Senior Management

Take care of your employees, it will pay back!

Pros

Interesting work, smart people, free coffee.

Cons

Sometimes a bit of a scramble figuring out what products to make.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't change too many things at once, the grunts can't keep up.