Nowhere to go but out - Senior Member of Technical Staff AMD Employee Review

2.0
May 8, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with. Some good managers that actually do care. Relaxed and flexible work environment.

Cons

After loosing CPU and GPU leadership trying to diversify without much success. Waisting time changing directions every few months resulting in too many canceled projects. New upper management lined up their pockets but didn't do anything good for the company apart from laying off good people every year or promising things will get better but never do. No training opportunities.

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4.0
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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