Maybe it was a great place once, but I hate it here now. - Member Of Technical Staff AMD Employee Review

1.0
Oct 16, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Work life balance is about the ONLY area remaining where things are still OK at AMD. Otherwise there is nothing left for me here other than a decent commute.

Cons

No Innovation. No potential for advancement. Every job is being exported to India while all the competent folks I used to work with were laid off in the technical tracks. Marketing runs the show, and makes stupid decisions based on made up projections for future sales. The "Vision" and "Fusion" campaigns are a laugh, and our customers don't know we exist.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

It's a big company. So, a lot of great benefits and high pay. Also, a lot of opportunity for career advancement and internal transfers if a particular job/team doesn't fit (to avoid losing RSUs). Plus, they're not too hard on you regarding performance since all the performance reviews are qualitative rather than quantitative (that could be both a pro and a con, honestly).

Cons

It's a big company. So, a lot of bureaucracy. They get in the way of themselves requiring endless approvals for spending. Also small organizations within AMD being territorial about their particular domain rather than being as open as possible inhibits rapid progress. Also, pushing for "diversity and inclusion" is racist. They should ignore race, not try to have a representative sampling of the population. I give them a low score there because DEI is racist. But not minimal because it's only something the HR dept cares about, normal employees effectively ignore race from what I can tell. So even if management is woke, the company (the individuals) are not.

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