Good culture if you don't mind big companies. No respect for Software Engineers. - Member of Technical Staff Software Engineer AMD Employee Review

3.0
10 Mar 2012
Recommend
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Pros

* Lower management generally fair and do a pretty good job of looking out for the best interest of the DEVs and the products * Pretty good pay and benefits * Good culture (compared to some other big companies) * Some really smart & talented people, especially in the software group * Relatively stable. While not universally true, downsizing typically affects lower-performers

Cons

* No respect for Software Engineers * Upper management out of touch with software engineering ethos * Culture changing somewhat for the worse * Constant pressure from management to hire _somebody_ rather than wait for excellent devs * Ridiculous software process (counting lines of code and bugs fixed to measure team "success") * Objectionable stance on patents (constant pressure to submit _something_ just so the company will have more in its portfolio)

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5.0
24 June 2026
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Pros

Engineering led company Smart people to work with Always learning

Cons

Processes and checks/balances not always followed (no strong rigid process flow which can be good/bad) Company still too consumer product focused (versus corporate) in many divisions

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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