Great working environment, but high level jobs filled externally - Anonymous employee AMD Employee Review

4.0
Nov 30, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent work life balance. AMD is not like Dell. Many people come from Dell to work at AMD and really prefer the culture inside AMD. There is a remote work program for those who can get there work done from home and there are rarely meetings at 8am or 5pm (unlike Dell). Leadership is competent for the most part and makes good effort to communicate company goals and strategies to every employee, so you feel looped in to the larger picture and can map your goals accordingly.

Cons

As with any large corporation, there are re-orgs without much warning or communicated rationale that is tangible and figuring out how to work cross-functionally is left to managers and below. That means make the most of how to get work done and create process where you find there is none. Director and above jobs seem to typically be filled by going outside the company with a few exceptions. HR and execs seem to know this but have yet to do more internal candidate grooming.

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
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Pros

Engineering led company Smart people to work with Always learning

Cons

Processes and checks/balances not always followed (no strong rigid process flow which can be good/bad) Company still too consumer product focused (versus corporate) in many divisions

4.0
Apr 13, 2026
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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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