AMD - Great Place to Work But Can't Seem to Profit Regularly - Corporate Vice President AMD Employee Review

4.0
Jul 20, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very dedicated team. Excellent cooperation across the enterprise. A solid combination of long term employees with people who've come from outside. Excellent people in Asia supporting the operations.

Cons

This company cannot seem to maintain profitability at all. In my 5 years, it was a roller coaster. The move to tablets caught AMD by surprise and now they are reeling. Can they ever get out of this funk? Salary was great, but bonuses were too rare.

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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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