There are a lot of smart engineers working for AMD - Design Engineer AMD Employee Review

5.0
Dec 16, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people. The culture. There is always work to do and room to be innovative. This includes both incredible product churns and opportunities to do research on future products.

Cons

Too ambitious for the staffing. Reform for this has already happened. However, this has resulted in some uncertainty among the staff about the companies long term plans.

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5.0
Jul 9, 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

Leadership & Vision, Job Stability, Learning & Growth

Cons

Compensation, Bureaucracy, Work Life Balance

4.0
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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