Difficult place to work - Anonymous employee AMD Employee Review

2.0
Aug 15, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Relaxed workplace atmosphere. Not a high stress work environment. Lots of company communication. Food wasn't very good, but usually don't expect it to be from a company cafeteria. Good peers in engineering team to work with. Friendly workers. Clear company direction. Good salary and benefits. Good HR. Overall good work environment.

Cons

Mostly Asian language (Chinese mostly) spoken, very hard to get information that you normally get just from being in the office and listening to others' conversations. Couldn't jump into someone else's conversation happening at the cubicle next door since it was all in Chinese. Lots and lots of Chinese spoken in the hallways and even in meetings. I was one of 5 non-Asians and I was surprised at how much non-English is spoken openly. I tend to think that if you are going to speak a non-English language, you do that privately with your group. Especially not in meetings or places where others are there who can't speak your language.

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