Product Manager - Product Manager AMD Employee Review

2.0
17 July 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

As an engineer, you have the opportunity to work with great technology and talented people. There are not a lot of companies in the world which can provide that kind of field and background. Benefits okay. Salaries could be more competitive. However, the company is losing money. Recent product launches brought back hope and the future looks a bit better.

Cons

Bad leadership in the Toronto office. Some manager having a very volatile personality, which results in a top-down (un-) management style to cover their weakness. Also dangerous to work there when you above 46 of age( there is a form of age discrimination). Even the recent product launches looking good, AMD has been there in the past (remember Hammer?) - one good year follows seven bad years... just keep in mind if you consider a career there...

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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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