welcome to the inside of the box, here are your politics - Member of Technical Staff Design Engineer AMD Employee Review

2.0
Feb 5, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The paycheck is good. Different teams are open and honest in their communication with each other; it is less "silo"-ed than some places.

Cons

It's the first job I didn't love. It's the first job I needed to work weekends just to stay afloat. AMD puts each employee in a little box. Once they find out you can do something, you get to keep doing that one thing forever. You may be promoted and get a raise, but your actual role will not change. Professional development? They've heard of it... Management is variable. Some of the management usually makes decent decisions. Some efforts that should have been achievable, instead have been derailed by unproductive political battles. So it can be a free for all. Where's the adult supervision? It's a good place if you are a politician. The company nearly went broke during the 2008-2009 recession.

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
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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.

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