Pros
Salary and compensation package can be very, very good. Hard challenges and varied projects keep things diverse.
Kontras
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, your will note that in addition to your professional identity, your social interactions with the group suffers 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.