good engineers, weak executives, bad managers, highly dysfunctional - Senior Member of Technical Staff AMD Employee Review

1.0
Feb 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

great graphics technology, good work-life balance most of the time, some good research opportunities, relaxed work ethic, nice coworkers, not too much local politics

Cons

this company is a chronic underachiever and so cannot attract talented executives (who are compensated in relation to the company profits). managers range from incompetent to lackluster. An engineering career will go nowhere here but you may gain valuable experience.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

They will keep you on contract until they literally cannot anymore. Getting hired on full-time is like pulling teeth.

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