Garbage Penny Pinching Company with Terrible WLB and Compensation. AVOID! - Software Engineer II AMD Employee Review

1.0
Sep 8, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get to work with cool tech. Automatic level bumps if your entire team quits.

Cons

Cheapest MFs in the province. You will not get a fair compensation for the amount of OT they make you work. Disgusting work hours no WLB Management is a shell of people who are willing to work for the lowest price and translates that to the rest of the company

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4.0
Apr 13, 2026
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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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