So much potential...not always realized... - Anonymous employee AMD Employee Review

3.0
Feb 18, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great individual contributors that form a solid foundation of employees. They share a real sense of purpose, want to create great products and want those products to change the world. For the most part, the hardware and software products are solid - industry-leading in capability, cost and ROI. The employees are excellent at bringing creative solutions to a David vs Goliath fight against Intel

Cons

Big disconnect between top-level management (AET) and the vast majority of employees, despite token efforts like quarterly "town hall" meetings and roundtables. Director-level positions feel mostly like senior manager roles in other multi-national corporations, due to consistent lay-offs and resource constraints over the last 5 years.

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Cons

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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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