Average or lower workplace - Manager AMD Employee Review

2.0
22 Oct 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Potentially good work/life balance if you don't have too many conference calls in off hours. Challenging projects

Cons

Potentially (very) bad work/life balance because projects are often executed at too many sites. A lot of off-hours conference calls and work. Customer satisfaction is not a high priority at AMD. Continuing financial challenges make people to focus on internal matters rather than customers. Too frequent changes in product roadmap and plan.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
13 Apr 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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