good place to learn, bad place to grow vertically, worst senior management decisions - ASIC/Layout Design Engineer II AMD Employee Review

3.0
Oct 13, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

- great place to learn technical skills - work culture is very informal, you can get involved in many different things - higher management is easily approachable

Cons

- easy to get stuck in a bad role for long time - no promotions - company takes advantage of the location (orlando); keeps the salaries low - signs of desperation quite evident

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Engineering led company Smart people to work with Always learning

Cons

Processes and checks/balances not always followed (no strong rigid process flow which can be good/bad) Company still too consumer product focused (versus corporate) in many divisions

3.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is really nice. 3/4 managers I've had actually seem to care! Nice location for most folks.

Cons

They will keep you on contract until they literally cannot anymore. Getting hired on full-time is like pulling teeth.

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