AMD

Salary and compensation package can be very, very good. Hard challenges and varied projects keep things diverse.

Previous longtime legacy Xilinx employee.

AMD exhibits zero respect for work/life balance. All employees I knew were horribly overloaded and stressed out. Late work and weekend work is the norm, and management will still demand more.

Micromanagement is the primary model. There is an extreme caste system in play at all levels, and if you are not in the top two rungs of your organization, you will note that in addition to your professional identity, your social interactions with the group suffer outside of the office.

Significant low-hanging fruit exists for improvement, yet constructive suggestions for easily-implemented changes are ignored. There is a very high "not invented by me" sort of dynamic at the director and above level.

The DEI efforts are turbocharged at AMD, slanting opportunities without primary regard to ability, and general morale is very low.

Not too long ago, AMD ranked as one of the most problematic companies from which to be employed. I think the average tenure of an employee at AMD is about 2 years. I don't think this has changed.

Pay attention to the suggestions of employees who are below director level. The "trench troops" know where things need improvement, and it benefits all for these improvements to be made.

Enact a means to collect feedback that is treated seriously. Too many of your departments are adversarial to one another, and trying to get them to work together is problematic at best.