Great experience but not so much job security - werkgeversreview Product Development Engineer bij AMD

3,0
18 mrt 2015
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I was with a brilliant team that didn't hesitate to commend you on your efforts and help you out with things that you need. My counterparts were very eager to help and all-in-all I had a good experience learning about the technology. The place had it's own gym, a tennis court and a cafeteria that I'd frequent for lunches.

Minpunten

I rarely had some problems with the company. On rare occasions, I'd hear people's opinions on how there is a senior management issue but until the issue gets to my level, I rarely pay attention to words you hear from people. It started to be a problem when the company did waves of retrenchments. Since I was quite junior to the team (less than a year), I'd freak out everytime they did that. Until it happened to me one day and all I could do was think about the compensation to make me feel better. The sad part was that, I think the people they had selected to go were not really under-performing, it was just that they were newer than the people who are staying or that after a certain project is completed, they just downsize that easily.

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5,0
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work life balance, good team

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fast releases, no much events

4,0
13 apr 2026
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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).

Minpunten

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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