Pros
AMD provides great work life balance and flexibility for employees. In general, my peers are very talented individuals who genuinely care about the company and want to see it succeed. There is good camaraderie among workgroups which helps given the overarching situation the company is facing. There is also a desire among many of the leaders of the company to make changes and improve the overall operating environment. Unfortunately, they're unable to execute on those changes which leaves the company stuck in its current state. The other big positive is the location. Great new campus in Austin which has really improved the overall working environment.
Cons
Where to begin on this one... first of all overall employee morale is abysmal. Employees feel like they're in the dark about what is happening with the company, and at the same time unempowered to affect the changes they know need to be made. There seems to be an unwillingness by senior management to make the difficult changes which leaves "empires" within the company untouched letting major issues fester. On top of that, there has been a significant amount of promotion from within lately leading to the same thinking and same issues continuing to repeat themselves within senior management. All in all, major structural changes are needed at AMD to right the company. It starts at the top and needs to continue through several levels of management to get the right people, right attitudes, and right talent in place.
