Hardware IndustryAug 25, 2021
Morgan Stanleywueudhejdh

AMD internal survey - did they actually increase base and refreshers this year?

It seems like they’re also emphasizing that the “compa ratio” is more in like to competitors.(I assume NVIDIA, Intel, apple) What I hate about these “compa ratios” is that they don’t include the value of RSU/refreshers at all. NVIDIA is paying (probably) similar base as AMD, but with 10x the RSU’s. How’s that fair? They started a new survey a couple weeks ago. I wonder if they look at the comments... TC: 🥜 #salary #refreshers

Palo Alto Networks ybcR84 Aug 25, 2021

Can’t believe and stock was like 1 dollar 2 yrs ago

Morgan Stanley wueudhejdh OP Aug 25, 2021

The folks who stayed here since then have reaped the benefits - and it’s well deserved. I’m mostly talking about new hires in the past year and a half who have been offered really low RSU’s.

AMD mPIE64 Aug 25, 2021

It never went to 1 dollar. And it’s not true many people have gotten rich. If you actually work here you’ll find out people are disappointed with comp. comp is the lowest score in the survey. Like high 60s. Stock went brrrrrrr but refresher is crap. Same $ amount to 2x.

AMD weRx86 Aug 25, 2021

Peanut RSU refreshers

AMD exAMD Aug 25, 2021

Keep discussing or GTFO .. AMD won’t pay shit to engineers.

Morgan Stanley wueudhejdh OP Aug 25, 2021

Are you still there? Username checks out otherwise 🤣

AMD wallbanger Aug 25, 2021

Peanuts sounds about right. The picture always looks better from the outside

Apple dvbtwsc53$ Aug 25, 2021

What are the RSU refresh ranges at AMD?

AMD mPIE64 Aug 25, 2021

Max 30+ K for MTS. Maybe double for SMTS. 100K for PMtS Bay Area.

AMD Sargon Aug 25, 2021

False. I’m PMTS and got 60k refresh this year. Peanuts absolutely

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Morgan Stanley wueudhejdh OP Aug 25, 2021

Which Ted talk? Worldcast?

Morgan Stanley wueudhejdh OP Aug 28, 2021

They keep asking to “let us know if you think compensation isn’t up to par” .. the * is the survey for then?!

AMD micah Aug 25, 2021

AMD is cheap af on their refresh. They said they increased RSU by 65% from last year. Well mine only went up ~20%

NVIDIA UeXq16 Aug 26, 2021

All exec went up by 200 percent :)

Morgan Stanley wueudhejdh OP Aug 28, 2021

The exec compensations are published regularly. Many execs were paid less in 2020 compared to 2019 for some reason. But that still doesn’t justify the low RSU for the rest of us. They even announced a stock buyback but we don’t know what they’re going to do with it yet.

AMD Shourya Aug 26, 2021

AMD shit— No work life balance —- managers are shitty—

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oKBJ85 Aug 29, 2021

Yes.

AMD mikelu&og Aug 28, 2021

It’s always peanuts! Especially in server group, where management is absolute bull shit.

Morgan Stanley wueudhejdh OP Aug 28, 2021

Server meaning DESG?

AMD weRx86 Aug 28, 2021

Yeah the flagship product but business unit paying peanuts.

Morgan Stanley wueudhejdh OP Aug 28, 2021

Fill it up in the survey. Sometimes I wonder why our ratings in the compensation survey are still in the 60’s. It should be _much_ lower given how competitive our products are and the peanuts were getting as reward

AMD weRx86 Aug 29, 2021

Yeah hopefully everyone filled out the survey