AMD reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(4,896 total reviews)
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95% approve of CEO

84% positive business outlook

AMD has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,896 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AMD employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Mar 5, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Most people are very friendly - One of the best work/life balances I've ever seen from a tech company - Interesting work and often open to new ideas - Good pay, good benefits, promotions were readily obtainable. I watched one guy I worked with go from an intermediate-level engineer to a senior engineer to a member of staff to a senior member of staff in like... 5 years.

Cons

- Very poor morale from employees... not surprising since 1/3 of them just got layed off seemingly at random - The desktop/laptop market is dying quickly, leaving management to struggle to try to find a different niche for them to fall into. - Like any other big company, you have to put up with a lot of bureaucracy

1.0
Feb 28, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is competitive. Work is interesting. They offer pretty decent benefits. They have sites in many locations. They use quality industry tools. Most of the technical people are very bright and seem to know what they're doing.

Cons

There's a culture for a cycle of constant layoffs and constant hiring. So even if you do your job, meet your deadlines, your head may still be on the chopping block. It's an atmosphere of fear where you are constantly worried if you're playing the political game well or not. If you're a quieter person, this place definitely advocates that the squeaky wheel gets the oil. As a new person, you're constantly worried if you spoke enough in meetings or if your work is a high enough quality. But in the end, that doesn't matter, and it just depends on whether Senior Management likes you or not.

1.0
Feb 26, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The cafeteria is very nice.

Cons

Morale is excessively low across all groups, with the exception of the VP level and up. Room for growth is confined to senior level management and up. While promotions do occur within the company, mainly due to the constant layoffs, this also forces people to take on anywhere from 2-3 other individual's jobs, ultimately creating an environment set up for failure.

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