AMD: Great company to work for, but median salary and lack of bonus make it questionable. - Design Engineer I AMD Employee Review

3.0
Jun 13, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

As a new grad engineer, I feel like AMD is a real young company and really is a good fit for someone new in the industry. The opportunities for learning new things are really endless. Everyone in our company is really open to sharing information and the environment doesn't feel very competitive. The environment has a real open and relaxed sort of feel. Its a very comfortable environment.

Cons

The pay at AMD is roughly average... The opportunities for promotion and growth at AMD is really low in my opinion. To be promoted, your manager has to put forth a lot of effort to prove to upper management that you deserve a promotion. Even if you have proven yourself in many occasions, they still use time as the main factor to judge your promotion versus your performance. The time you may have spent as a co-op at AMD does not factor into your promotion either. Also salary increases are really small and the bonuses are not that great

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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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