AMD is a Harvard case of a total epic fail... - Strategy Manager AMD Employee Review

1.0
Dec 25, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Not many at all but they did have a great campus cafeteria (Austin) and decent benefit package. Campus was very pretty and pleasing to the eye. They built it on a nature preserve.

Cons

Culture and senior leadership is an issue. Culture isn't conducive to innovation and competitive progress. Senior leadership is very unique and dysfunctional. There are so many layers of VPs that it's nearly impossible to get something approved in a timely manner.

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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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