Can be a good place to work - Software Development Engineer II AMD Employee Review

3.0
Feb 23, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

AMD is always comes up with the fastest GPUs. So you get to work on some cutting edge technology, if you are lucky. Good flexi-timings, work from home options. Good gym facility and lovely campus in Sunnyvale.

Cons

While some of the tech is innovative, AMD needs to be more customer-centric. AMD also needs to start thinking decades ahead if it wants to survive, rather than thinking of the next quarter and pleasing Wall St. - who are *not* the customers.

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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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