Engaging and Empowering AMD Employees to Strengthening a Culture of Inclusion and Belonging

We know that AMDers do their best when they are fully engaged and can be themselves at work. Our YouTube series “I Am AMD” highlights our employees sharing their stories and why they feel they belong at AMD. This series features AMDers in various roles across the company bringing together their passion for technology and their unique backgrounds to create an amazing work environment and innovative products. In 2021, we started a new series called “Career Engineered.” In these videos, technical employees share the experiences that have shaped who they are and how they bring their unique voice and perspective to work every day.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) encourage employee engagement and are an important part of our company’s culture. While we had affinity groups for years – most notably the AMD Women’s Forum – we introduced a corporate ERG policy in 2016 to clarify the process and encourage the formation of other groups. ERGs create a space for employees who share a common identity, along with their allies, to meet and support one another in building their community and sense of belonging in the workplace. At the same time, our ERGs empower employees by giving each group a collective voice to work with senior leadership and increase understanding of their community.

As most employees have been working remotely since 2020, we have seen ERGs join together virtually across regions to build community and promote their missions. For example, for International Women’s Day in 2021, the AMD Women’s Forum chapters came together regionally to offer events such as career panels, virtual conferences with presentations by women executives and networking opportunities. The North America virtual conference drew more than 700 attendees. Our Pride ERG also hosted multiple panel discussions on Twitch for the LGBTQ+, Ally and Drag community during Pride month, attracting more than 1,800 viewers in 2021.

Our Go Green ERG has been actively working to engage and inspire AMD employees to reduce their environmental footprint and adopt sustainable practices at home, during their commutes and in the workplace. In 2021, our Go Green activities included a webinar about our U.S. Employee Solar Program and a virtual global Earth Day event. AMD employees once again participated in our annual campaign – the People’s EcoChallenge – that encourages individuals to adopt more sustainable practices, such as eating local organic food, riding their bikes, recycling and turning off equipment when not in use. Employees set goals, tracked actions and shared ideas with others. Over the last six years, hundreds of AMD employees in several countries have completed more than 8,000 actions.

With the acquisition of Xilinx in 2022, we added two new ERGs, bringing the total to 13:

• AccessAbility: Serves AMDers living with disabilities personally and professionally by creating a culture of inclusivity through shared experiences, helpful resources and collaborative activities.
• Advancing Black Leadership and Experience: Elevate and strengthen Black employees at AMD through professional and career development, mentoring and community programs to enable retention, growth and meaningful business impact.
• Asians Making a Difference: Provides an inclusive environment where members have the chance to develop strong professional relationships, build community and promote education about Asian cultures and topics.
• Caregivers: Empowers AMDers with knowledge, means and encouragement to help them make sound decisions concerning the health, happiness and well-being of family members.
• AMD Emerging Leadership Forum: Develops next-generation leaders at AMD and equips them with the resources to develop their careers and drive value for AMD.
• Go Green: Connects employees and the environment to educate and inspire AMDers around the globe to conserve resources, save money and improve quality of life.
• Impacto: Empower and elevate the AMD Latino/Hispanic community and its advocates to foster inclusion, celebrate diversity, grow professionally and give back to the communities where they live and work.
• Incredible India (added in 2022): Advance and foster a sense of unity and belongingness for those with an affinity towards India culture.
• Multicultural ERG (added in 2022): Brings people together with broad and different cultural backgrounds and provides opportunities to learn, share and experience each other’s way of life. Members will discover similarities by exploring cultural differences, gain an appreciation for other cultures and build cultural fluency and collaboration that can support professional and personal growth.
• Pride: Provide a positive and inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression; build a worldwide community of allies; and contribute to a shared sense of belonging among employees, partners, customers and our communities.
• Salute: Provides awareness and support to current and former military, transitioning military, military spouses, dependents and general supporters of the armed forces globally.
• U-AMD: To inspire learning and encourage collaboration among all members and within our local communities through various activities as well as establish peer-connections.
• AMD Women's Forum: An AMD women's community fostering connections, providing opportunities for people to lead and promoting engagement within AMD and beyond.

For more information on diversity, belonging and inclusion programs and initiatives at AMD, please visit our website.

Originally published in AMD 2021-22 Corporate Responsibility Report