14 DAY TRIAL // Chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices has announced that another company executive is leaving the company for safer territories. Bob Brewer, the ex- Corporate Vice President of Strategic Marketing has resigned shortly after Phil Hester's departure.
Bob Brewer also worked as a director of AMD's CPU business, and his resignation might have been triggered by the recent layoff announcements across the company's board. Another interesting aspect is the fact that the chip manufacturer's fiasco is mostly caused by the K10 series failure, and both Hester and Brewer have had their contribution to the K10 delays.
Brewer's departure is not singular, however. A couple of AMD bosses decided to turn their back to the company in search for newer challenges. For instance, Chris Evenden, the former PR boss at the ATI graphics division, resigned last year, and so did Henri Richard (former chief sales and marketing officer), Rick Hegberg (ex-senior vice president of world wide sales), and even the former ATI chief executive David Orton.
As if the executives' departure were not enough, it seems that today will be the last payday for about 5 to 10 percent of AMD's employees. Along with their paycheck, they are expected to receive the infamous pink slip, mentioned by Dirk Meyer earlier this month. The massacre won't end here, as the chip manufacturer plans to slash more of its workforce until the third quarter of the year.
The two executives choose to resign with dignity, and leave with the masses. AMD did not mention whether Bob Brewer will be replaced or not, but the company announced that it would dissolve the CTO position. Neither Hester, nor Brewer have much choice, as they were the main scapegoats for the Phenom / Opteron disaster.
However, their departure would not solve any of AMD's problems on the market, and the company handing pink slips would have a negative impact over the employees' morale.