Strong brand but lacking office environment and culture - Senior SDE AMD Employee Review

3.0
2 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1) Global brand name. 2) Equity heavy compensation with outperforming stocks.

Cons

1) Office space still feels like a Tier-2 company with small cubicles and very limited options in cafeteria. 2) Work culture in SoC teams are not great. You will burnout at times.

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5.0
29 May 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
13 Apr 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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