Lots of Opportunity, but need a serious focus on products that make money. - Anonymous employee AMD Employee Review

4.0
26 June 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Opportunities to come in and help turn the ship around. You CAN make a difference.

Cons

This is not a culture of change. You have to lead people slowly to the right conclusion, and make them think it was their idea. This is a very slow and cumbersome process - and an unexpected one from a company that is losing LOTS of money.

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4.0
13 Apr 2026
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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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