Promote the best and promote within (no new hires for management jobs). - Senior Test Engineer AMD Employee Review

3.0
Aug 3, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large company with decent benefits and a decent work campus. Opportunities for advancement within the company through promotions or moving to new positions. Opportunity to relocate to other cities where AMD has offices. Some great people to work with.

Cons

From what I have seen, across the board, all levels of management can give the impression that they may not be the best people suited for their jobs. Why is it that the least qualified almost always seem to lead?

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Pros

work life balance, good team

Cons

fast releases, no much events

4.0
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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