Willing to return someday - Anonymous employee AMD Employee Review

3.0
Jul 23, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Co-workers were well educated and self motivated - In many circles, there is a strong sense of pride in the company as the "underdog" - opportunity to take on interesting work - fair pay & benefits

Cons

- lack of collaboration between divisions. Some of the AMD vs ATI mentaility still exists - inconsistent adherence to roadmaps. Lots of starts and stops - easy to lose work/life balance

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

Engineering led company Smart people to work with Always learning

Cons

Processes and checks/balances not always followed (no strong rigid process flow which can be good/bad) Company still too consumer product focused (versus corporate) in many divisions

4.0
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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