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Friendly place, lack of compensation

ASIC Design Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at AMD for 4 years
June 15, 2012
San Jose, California
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros
  • Friendly co-workers
  • Not so stressful as some other companies
  • Management flexible with employee requests
Cons
  • Compensation and benefits are mediocre for such a large company.
  • Still no ESPP.
  • Career growth is mainly a horizontal thing. If you want to move up, you mostly have to move out.
Advice to Management
  • Compensate your good performers with more concrete rewards other than words.
  • Map out a clear path for which your employees can strive towards.

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