alright place to work - Program Manager AMD Employee Review

1.0
May 7, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lots of great engineering staff to work with Work can be interesting if you can get in the right department

Cons

Salaries are average unless you are in management position. AMD strives for average benefits. Management doesn't not really want people who think out of the box and question them - just say yes and be quiet. Newer management hasn't a clue about what's going on. I think they are just there to collect their parachutes and move on.

Explore other reviews about AMD

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.

2
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All