Relaxed atmosphere of going nowher - Product Development Engineer II AMD Employee Review

2.0
Jul 26, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It can be very relaxed. Get your job done and you can count on promotions and raises. The work can be very cutting edge. The managers for the most part let you do you thing and don't get into the mix too much. Unless there is a lay off it is VERY rare for anyone to get fired.

Cons

Relaxed also doubles for no real movement. They don't change things and when they do it seems to frequently be in the no right direction. I won't say wrong because often the choices seem to just neutral. The promotions are few and far between and seem to be heavily based on who senior management sees most, not necessarily who is doing a good job. You boss also has to like you because it appears they need to burn political capital to get promotions for non-senior management noticed people. Management lets you do your thing, but that means when the poop hits the fan you can get fried too. They don't really know what you do or how involved or difficult it is. Raises are small. Bonuses non-existent. Stock options have been worthless for sometime now. .

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Apr 13, 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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