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AMD lays off 4% of its workforce (techcrunch.com)
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[–] arrakark@10291998.xyz 11 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Damn, literally just wanted to work there

[–] forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world 20 points 18 hours ago

Your sites are too low - you should aim to work AND be laid off from there.

[–] jayk@lemmy.ca 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

as someone that does work there (not laid off thankfully), I gotta ask, why?

[–] arrakark@10291998.xyz 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I worked for a competitor, (not laid off, just quit to take a break). AMD seems to pay a bit better and the office is closer to home. They have been stealing coworkers over the years. I get the impression that the company culture is a bit more about taking risks. My old employer was very conservative, and even though I was working in the least conservative team, I still felt like the culture was too slow.

Why? Is it a bad place to work? Spill the beans lol

[–] jayk@lemmy.ca 3 points 12 hours ago

very strange to see someone say thay AMD pays better. we have a lot of attrition on our team because most competitors pay better. As for culture, it's ok. I'm senior enough that I can do whatever I want now. We do use a lot of in house tools that suck ass, but we seem to be moving towards standardisation. I'm hopeful that this trend continues. Idk if I would recommend AMD, but I have no idea what kind of work you do and what team might hire you. Wish you the best either way

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

If you want to work in AI, they're hiring. The layoff was sold as a way to make room for more AI headcount.

[–] jayk@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago

as someone who works at AMD and on AI, this is only kinda true. While we're not as affected by layoffs, AMD has been extremely stingy with budget this year. Maybe that will change in the coming months though