Once was People-First, now is Please-The-Management - Anonymous employee AMD Employee Review

2.0
17 Dec 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of freedom to develop new methodologies. Generally not a micromanaged culture. they try to allow telework and/or WFH options.

Cons

Lots of fire drills done just to make pretty pictures for executives, at the cost of value-added work. Poor management and financial commitments made without consulting those who will do the work are leading to unworkable projects that can't be fixed in the budget we have. They are also cutting benefits right and left, and not giving raises or bonuses like they used to. shrinking career opportunities, limited training.

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4.0
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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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