AMD reviews

Layoffs were always the first response to revenue decreases, and while there were far too few people to complete projects, more and more were approved and added, which burned out a lot of good people.

Middle/lower tier management is a sheer menace. You might provide brilliant solutions/propose ideas/pioneer development in certain areas/deliver excellent presentations - the response would be - ...uh...ok...a-ha... In the end all that stuff you poured your brain on and committed countless extra hours to, would be eventually "rotated" to some other people. If one is self-sufficient enough, he/she would resign to working alone, delivering results and reducing level of communication with superiors (according to workplace hierarchy, that is ) to a necessary minimum. Once in a while, if you're lucky, you may be thrown a meager promotion. In the end this honorable path would lead to elimination from company workforce. When company is doing reasonably well, you are tolerated. Once layoffs are in the agenda - you are out, even with a spotless performance record and track of good reviews.