Great Place to Work and Great People in Directionally-challenged, Margin-challenged Company - Senior Business Systems Analyst AMD Employee Review

4.0
25 Jun 2008
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Pros

Great people many, almost all of whom are at the bare minimum competent and many of whom are excellent at their jobs. Very little fat (as a result of recent RIFs) and no superfluous activities that aren't in some way related to driving growth/productivity. Trusting culture, generally. As long as you get your job done, there's very little 'looking over the shoulder' from management. New campus in Austin is fantastic.

Cons

Strategic, cohesive vision is severely lacking. Execution missteps happen all to frequently, of late. Recognition of and reaction to market conditions/direction seem slow and counterintuitive. Medical benefits could be better but in a climate where everyone's getting pinched on bennies, ours aren't too bad. Across-the-board cost-of-living raises suspended until performance turns around (presumably later in '08). The integration of ATI is still not complete.

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4.0
13 Apr 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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