Maxis Communications

Many engineers are drawn to AMD because they want to work on processors and computing. In Silicon Valley, there are only a handful of companies where you can still build CPUs - and AMD is right in the thick of things. It's also motivating to compete (and hopefully win against a much larger and entrenched competitor. Many AMD engineers take great pride knowing that they have delivered a better product than Intel with about 1/10th the resources.

Thought it is a good company, but I was wrong.

Pay is good above average for industry.

Compensation is good. Flexible working schedule.

great place to work and learn

Even though being an established company, they only have a small number of employees compared to other companies in the Semiconductor industry. Consequently, one always gets significant amount work.

Good company in terms of additional benefits. Big in scale.

Great, new eco-friendly campus outside of Austin. Free, on-site health club. So many things wrong with this company that if you can be part of the solution, you can really make a difference and get noticed.

AMD is a company based on rewarding performance and anyone who says otherwise was unfortunately managed by a poor individual. This is a company that provides growth opportunity, but you must work for it. That's the key, you have to look for your next promotion, and pursue it with gusto. Otherwise, we are a small company and there is only so much you can expect when the task we have at hand against our competition is enormous.

Great people to work with. Some good managers that actually do care. Relaxed and flexible work environment.