Resolve to win, with (some) losing strategies - Director AMD Employee Review

3.0
Oct 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great technology and people who want to see company be successful. No budget. Some online learning. Nice people.

Cons

Terrible HR culture. Business suffers as a result. Too many initiatives to be successful, leading to frustrating inertia as a way of life. Saying no means someone else will do it and you will not be "top talent". Suboptimal systems. Leaders in denial on what it takes to change, overstating "transformation".

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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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