Interesting Work, Great Co-Workers, but You will never get Rich Working at AMD! - Department Manager AMD Employee Review

4.0
Jun 27, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There is always something interesting to work on and you can create your own opportunities. It is easy to work with other employees in different job areas and locations. If you have a good idea and you can sell the idea to management you can go ahead with the project.

Cons

Company does not make money! Stock options are worthless. 401K match is sub-standard. Senior Management is not competent. All the IT systems are totally inadequate - its VERY FRUSTRATING when email goes down a few times a year for no apparent reason!

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4.0
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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