4.0
11 June 2020
Former employee, more than 5 years
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
AMD is a much better place to work than Intel. The management is much more technical and engineers aren't pigeonholed quite as much. The projects are fun and challenging and there are fewer "climbers" than at Intel. You feel like your work actually contributes. It can be fun being an underdog.
Cons
AMD has faced a brutal series of ups and downs. During the down cycles, it can be very frustrating when there are annual layoffs, a loss of variable pay, being told when to take your vacation, and the loss of benefits (there used to be sabbaticals.) Like Intel there is often schedule chicken going on between groups and it is frustrating to feel like you are being set up for failure. It can not be fun being an underdog.