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      Nice people, Exciting work... Scary Future - Software Engineer II AMD Employee Review

      4.0
      Mar 5, 2013
      Software engineer ii
      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

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      4.0
      Apr 13, 2026
      Senior electrical engineer
      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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