Tanking company, weak leadership - Anonymous employee AMD Employee Review

2.0
27 Dec 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

A lot of shiny shimmery talk that makes you feel good for a little bit.

Cons

Weak leadership Lack of direction Loss of culture. One of AMDs strengths used to be its culture. It used to have a kind collaborative culture. Over the years and most recently in 2024, this has degraded so much I hardly recognize this company. The organization is being run into the ground by weak, poor leadership, egos run amock, and a strong need for conformance. If you are a creative problem solver, insecure leadership will work quickly to get rid of you. It’s another sinking ship going the way of Intel. It has gotten way too political.

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Cons

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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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