Interesting technical work... great when business is good - Member Of Technical Staff AMD Employee Review

3.0
Sep 30, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

The engineering talent is fantastic. Lots of smart people here. There's a lot of cutting edge technology still at AMD, so you're still working on products that have never existed before. Although some compensation perks have faded out (ESPP, sabbatical program), compensation is still pretty good.

Cons

Lots of upper management changes in the last few years has resulted in constantly shifting priorities, processes, ad roadmaps. You never quite feel in a place of stability. It's introduced a lot of politics as middle management tries to figure out how to please upper managers.

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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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