Not working out - Principal Member of Technical Staff AMD Employee Review

2.0
Jun 26, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some interesting work is available if you are in the right place. The best part of the job is the quality of the work. If AMD wins the law suit against Intel, things might get better.

Cons

Salaries increases have been frozen. No bonuses since merger with ATI. But, senior management is still giving themselves stock options. AMD really dug a deep hole when they went into debt and bought ATI. Major outsourcing to China and India--this makes it hard to move up the career ladder if you are in the US. The recent 10% layoffs were not communicated by management very well.

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