Not working out - Recensione dipendente - Principal Member of Technical Staff presso AMD

2,0
26 giu 2008
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Some interesting work is available if you are in the right place. The best part of the job is the quality of the work. If AMD wins the law suit against Intel, things might get better.

Svantaggi

Salaries increases have been frozen. No bonuses since merger with ATI. But, senior management is still giving themselves stock options. AMD really dug a deep hole when they went into debt and bought ATI. Major outsourcing to China and India--this makes it hard to move up the career ladder if you are in the US. The recent 10% layoffs were not communicated by management very well.

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5,0
3 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Cool projects to work on.

Svantaggi

Work life balance can be hard

4,0
13 apr 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

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).

Svantaggi

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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