Great place with great products (especially graphics), get hired into the right group. - Engineer Intern AMD Employee Review

4.0
18 June 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They are a market leader so you feel proud to be a part of a team making great products. Their graphics products are top notch.

Cons

Not forward thinking enough (at least in my department). They used out dated technology and were always applying bandaid solutions to exist problems repeatedly. We spent more time cleaning up after our own poor quick fixes then working ahead to buy us time to catch our breath and rethink some processes.

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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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