Working at Advanced Micro Devices in Sunnyvale, CA: 32 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Sunnyvale, CA Area

What do you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"Colleagues and front-line management worked well together. Challenges were hard and teams banded together easily to make happen. Management fostered innovation."

What don't you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"Marketing and general business management expertise was sadly missing, even though the engineering of the products kept the company alive."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Apply more focus on marketing and business acumen through all ranks of the company's leadership."

"I left AMD at good terms and have no problems going back there."

"Great people and environment."

What do you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"Flexibility, freedom and respect for people."

"Enjoyed the openness to innovation."

"Corporate Planning was great exposure to upper management."

What do you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"Exposure to management. Finance was a respected function in the business."

What don't you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"Change of CEO led to new CFO from the same company. The culture in finance changed significantly as the new CFO brought in his own team."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make sure that as things go well that capital is conserved for the next cycle."

"It was an excellent experience."

What do you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"Initially, the corporate culture was fantastic for employees."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It is no longer a long term employment place."

What don't you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"Corporate culture changed dramatically after Jerry Sanders retired as CEO. Recent mergers and spin offs changed the working environment even more."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep focused on the primary asset for a high tech, highly competitive business. All the employees make it work!"

What do you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"I have found and retain many good friends and colleagues at AMD."

What don't you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"The offshore and outsource initiatives are limiting AMD employee's opportunity to grow."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There are other costs associated with offshoring and outsourcing resource that the management fail to recognize."

"Great career opportunities and upward mobility"

What do you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"Ability to branch-out into multiple areas of responsibility and training. International manufacturing and great people with a lot of technology."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just get in the door."

What don't you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"I like all aspects of it."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep innovating!"

"Excellent."

What do you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"Great employer."

What don't you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"I don't have anything that I don't like about AMD."

"AMD is not what it used to be"

What do you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"It used to have a very team based approach."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Quit chasing profit and focus back on the people."

"I enjoyed it."

What do you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"I enjoyed the atmosphere."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest."

What don't you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"There wasn't anything I didn't enjoy."

What do you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"I had a great Supervisor and a very friendly environment."

What don't you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"They froze my salary."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They should have been frank with me why they froze my salary."

"It was a decent employment opportunity."

"Fun."

What do you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"The people, job challenge."

What don't you like about working at Advanced Micro Devices?

"Lack of mobility."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more open minded."