Bright people and a bright future - Anonymous employee AMD Employee Review

4.0
Feb 25, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It's a really exciting time to be an AMDer. --They have an exceptional product roadmap and there's a lot of focus/investment in innovation. --The people, by and large, are wonderful - super nice and collaborative. --If you raise your hand and want to get involved with something, even outside of your immediate job area, your management will encourage you. --I'm not sure everyone realizes what a powerhouse Lisa Su is - she's a total badass and knows exactly what she's doing, and it's nice to have that kind of confidence in your CEO. --They also do a good job of moving around their top employees to do different things and get them promoted. --There is a lot of flexibility and autonomy - work from home (or wherever) is rarely an issue.

Cons

--The story of AMD is really compelling, but the workload can just be impossible. It's hard when you've worked so many long hours for so long to keep going sometimes. You'll rarely have a weekend off, and your vacation/holiday time isn't necessarily sacred either. --They send mixed-messages on communicating to the executive team: they will say publicly that you can go to an executive and ask them a question, but when people actually do, executives often get offended. --Salary and benefits are just okay, nothing to write home about. I know they try to keep an eye on what salary markets are doing, but their data gets so stale so quickly. --As with any large company, things tend to happen slowly and you need like 8 layers of approval to get anything done. --There are some managers who are fantastic, and others who are terrible. A great job can easily become miserable if you're assigned to a poor manager.

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