Does AMD pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, AMD employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at AMD. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at AMD?

83% of AMD employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated AMD 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at AMD?

Software Engineer (197) , Intern (174) , Member of Technical Staff(MTS) (168) , Member Of Technical Staff (150) , Senior Software Engineer (145) , Senior Design Engineer (108) , Engineer (95) , Senior Silicon Design Engineer (86) , Silicon Design Engineer II (79) , Silicon Design Engineer (75) , Internship (74) , Product Development Engineer (64) , SMTS - Senior Member of Technical Staff (64) , Design Engineer (58) , Senior Engineer (52)

What are the pros of working at AMD according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance but you’re kind of pigeonholed with a finance role here stock could be worth a lot in next years though" ((in 507 reviews)); "People are great and helpful" ((in 450 reviews)); "Culture is good and very much like one family" ((in 324 reviews)); "Pay is good but in today's market will not increase much after you onboard." ((in 214 reviews)); "Good benefit and glad to work there" ((in 198 reviews))

What are the cons of working at AMD according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management and there is always a downsizing somewhere" ((in 234 reviews)); "Low Salary and lack of clarity" ((in 164 reviews)); "Frequent Layoff (yearly twice)" ((in 131 reviews)); "Low compensation compared to NVIDIA and Intel" ((in 72 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 51 reviews))

What are employees saying about AMD layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about AMD layoffs and their outlook for job security at AMD in 2026.

AMD reviews

4.0

83% would recommend to a friend

(4,913 total reviews)

Dr. Lisa Su

95% approve of CEO

84% positive business outlook

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AMD has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,913 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

Nov 24, 2012

I am a new comer of AMD.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

salary is relatively better than other semiconductor companies in Taiwan, no matter what foreign company or local company, loading is acceptable.

Cons

15% layoff action on 2012 Nov

3.0

Nov 21, 2012

Good work, poor decision by upper management

Senior asic design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work and great learning opportunities. Great lower level or immediate management. Always take your requests into consideration. Good work/life balance.

Cons

Poor benefits like stocks, bonus, increments. Poor upper management. Lacking innovation and foresight always playing catchup.

3.0

Nov 20, 2012

nice work, nice colleague, poor environment, confusing future

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

nice work, nice colleague, lots of study opportunity

Cons

so so environment, confusing future

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