Is AMD a good company to work for?

AMD has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 6,354 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 2% over the last 12 months. 83% of employees would recommend working at AMD to a friend and 84% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about AMD have been left by employees working as Engineering Co-Op , Intern and Silicon Design Engineer II .

Does AMD pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, AMD employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at AMD. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at AMD?

83% of AMD employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated AMD 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at AMD?

Software Engineer (197) , Intern (174) , Member of Technical Staff(MTS) (168) , Member Of Technical Staff (150) , Senior Software Engineer (144) , Senior Design Engineer (108) , Engineer (95) , Senior Silicon Design Engineer (86) , Silicon Design Engineer II (79) , Internship (74) , Silicon Design Engineer (74) , Product Development Engineer (64) , SMTS - Senior Member of Technical Staff (63) , Design Engineer (58) , Senior Engineer (52)

What are the pros of working at AMD according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance but you’re kind of pigeonholed with a finance role here stock could be worth a lot in next years though" ((in 504 reviews)); "People are great and helpful" ((in 438 reviews)); "Culture is good and very much like one family" ((in 325 reviews)); "Pay was good and job was interesting." ((in 214 reviews)); "Good benefit and glad to work there" ((in 198 reviews))

What are the cons of working at AMD according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management and there is always a downsizing somewhere" ((in 235 reviews)); "Low Salary and lack of clarity" ((in 168 reviews)); "Frequent Layoff (yearly twice)" ((in 137 reviews)); "Low compensation compared to NVIDIA and Intel" ((in 80 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 52 reviews))

What are employees saying about AMD layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about AMD layoffs and their outlook for job security at AMD in 2026.

What are the top reviewed AMD locations?

Austin , Sunnyvale , Santa Clara , San Jose , Boxborough , Boston , Orlando , Fort Collins , Los Angeles , New York , San Diego , Bellevue , Dallas , Houston , Folsom , San Francisco , Longmont , Boxboro , Chicago , Marlborough , Santa Clarita , Mountain View , Atlanta , Sandy , South Jordan , Saint Louis , Washington , Pflugerville , Round Rock , Redmond

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4.0

83% would recommend to a friend

(4,909 total reviews)

Dr. Lisa Su

95% approve of CEO

84% positive business outlook

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AMD has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,909 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AMD employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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5K reviews

4.0

Mar 28, 2012

My work experience is very enriching and full of good memory

Product development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

The best reason to work is AMD is because it's a not a cut-throat environment and you can have a work life balance. Everybody is doing their best and help each other as a team. As the result you're inspired to come to work and do your best

Cons

The downside of working in not a large company compared is more often we have less monetary reward compared to bigger company.

4.0

Mar 26, 2012

Exciting work on cutting edge technology

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work on Latest technology hardware and software Plenty of resources and good support Good salary and other benifits Competent co workers

Cons

There are very less chances of foreign travel for training/other purposes Quality of work for across different sites of same team differs

2.0

Mar 22, 2012

Management needs to go

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learn a lot about processor Arch X86 some really good people are there ( don't know why with stock value of 6-7... unless ofcourse they have several 100 000 rsu)

Cons

business strategy is really bad. They don't know what really to focus on graphics low power cores or servers. they don't make much money

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