Slowly circling the toilet bowl - Sales AMD Employee Review

2.0
Jun 13, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It is a big company with big company benefits offering competitive payscale in a vibrant industry.

Cons

It is incredibly frustrating as it appears that no one is leading the ship. Strategic direction changes almost monthly, depending on which VP is on a war path. Operational policies are nonexistent, inconsistent and nonsensical. Midlevel management, for the most part are more political than market savvy and as such business decisions are focused on the need of the body politic rather than the need of the customer. Internal silos cause people to work at times at odds. There is a lack of coordination. Hector is completely disengaged.

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4.0
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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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