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Excellent work culture and work/life balance at AMD

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at AMD for 4 years
June 15, 2016
Bengaluru, Karnataka
4.0
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Pros
  1. Excellent work culture and work-life balance.
  2. Friendly and helpful colleagues.
  3. Very good technology.
  4. Realistic deadlines.
  5. Respect and recognition (sometimes comes late) for the work you do.
  6. Flexible work timings.
Cons
  1. Compensation is not as per market standards.
  2. Promotions are not easy to achieve.
  3. The company frequently makes losses due to bad top management (AET) decisions.
  4. HR tends to pay new joiners more than what existing employees with the same experience would get. I have seen people move out of the company for this reason and rejoin after a brief stint at another company to get better compensation/designation change.
  5. Frequent changes to the product roadmap often confuse employees.
  6. Loyal employees often get ignored and taken for granted when it comes to merit increases.
  7. Uncertainty about AMD's long-term future prospects.
Advice to Management
  1. Invest time, money, energy, and talent in the right R&D projects.
  2. Release the product to market on time.
  3. Earn more design wins.
  4. Make sure the projects you invest in yield the desired results.

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