Insanity: Doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results - Anonymous employee AMD Employee Review

4.0
Jun 22, 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The entrepreneurial spirit still lives. If you see an opportunity, you are encouraged to exploit it and make your job into something new. Many organizations are remarkable collections of talent who work well together. When times are good, they are very good.

Cons

Bonuses and value of stock incentives are frequently nil. Benefits have dropped dramatically in the last couple years. Too many managers, too many meetings--nights and weekends are when you must do real work if you're planning to do some. Senior management spews ideals but shows little attention to changing practice.

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4.0
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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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