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Pretty much just OK

Engineering Manager
Current Employee
Has worked at AMD for less than 1 year
July 18, 2010
Austin, Texas
3.0
No CEO Opinion
Pros

Good people as peers.

Base compensation is good, as bonuses are infrequent.

Austin is a nice place to live.

Interesting technologies, especially for hardware designers.

Cons

Bonuses are infrequent.

Poor execution.

Not much training or other support infrastructure.

Management is mostly good old boy silos.

Lots of management spin about things getting better soon.

Very little opportunity for job rotations.

Much business/market risk due to the competitive environment.

Advice to Management

Break down the good old boy silos. Implement better processes for program execution. Encourage and facilitate internal job changes or promotions.

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