Marketing - Anonymous employee AMD Employee Review

2.0
Aug 24, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Staff is dedicated which illustrates a good understanding in recruiting talented individuals. Even when the management team would flounder, the staff would make them look like they were on top of things.

Cons

Simple economics tell you when adjustements are made to rates, it takes around 6 months to see the affect. When AMD changes the guard, the baby is thrown out with the bath water leaving some of the same floundering managers not understanding the value of the return on those that propelled them into management to begin with. When the guard changes and staff is let go, it takes months to see the affect of that downward trending decision. In AMD's case, the trend continued to spiral downward. Yet another changing of the guard because no real traction was made with the last bunch. Any guesses where business will go? Stocks should tell plenty along with internal costs out of control as management continues to not fully understand the value the contribution of previous, current or future staff delivered.

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Pros

Very exciting work, so much so I work 20hours a day. No distractions from silly/fun events. Food is meh so I can focus on work. Coffee is also very mid, not good, not bad but mid.

Cons

Not enough work, I only work 20 hour a day, I still have 4 hours to sleep. And on the weekends, we still have 3 hour leisure time. We still accept People who gets hired expecting to work only a measly 80 hour week.

4.0
Apr 13, 2026
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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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