how many chiefs does it take to run the tribe? As many that will fit in the conference rooms. - Senior Manufacturing Engineer AMD Employee Review

2.0
11 June 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

nonstop leading edge work. if you like to work this is a great place, manufacturing is open 24/7 so its easy to just keep on working. Free coffee too! Great incentives if you are in the inner circle. forge tight relationships with fellow employees even outside of work. Usually located in great cities to live in: Si valley, Austin, TX, Dresden, DE, Singapore. Constant innovation at many levels of organization.

Cons

politics, long hours, average pay, weak incentives if you are not in the loop. Sales guys must not understand how to forecast future sales, and I would say are the biggest component as to why AMD tends to fall behind in technologies and new products.

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4.0
13 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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