I think I am very glad I got out before the acquisition amd now all the lay offs that are going on. - Product Manager AMD Employee Review

3.0
Jun 13, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The free cards are very nice, especially before they are released. There are some very nice benefits. In the past the stock options were very nice.

Cons

There really is too much nepotism. There really is not too much process not there rightly or wrongly. There really is way too much politics. You really do need to be on the hardware team to be respected at all. Being in Software is being on the second class team.

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4.0
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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