Hard Driving-A company with a lot of determination - Anonymous employee AMD Employee Review

4.0
Dec 2, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

One of the leading technology companies, always on the leading edge of Silicon Process technology. Good intellectual property and technology in both CPU and GPU space. Willing and committed to stay engaged in this competitive high-tech market. Great people who want to win.

Cons

Inconsistency between stated priorities and expectations. Trying to do more than it can accomplish with the people and resources it has can cause confusion to the working teams on what is the most important. Occasionally short term tactical work overshadows higher priority goals.

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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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