Great benefits - but that's it - Anonymous employee Lam Research Employee Review

2.0
29 Sept 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits for medical, dental, and vision

Cons

Absolutely no work life balance- management will tell you that it's important but my manager knows I work a 60+ hours a week and weekends and does nothing (I've asked them for help several times). For a company as profitable as Lam, they are extremely conservative when it comes to hiring. Our orders have skyrocketed but our team size remains the same? Meaning that we have triple the workload but the same team size. People are burnt out and could really use some extra team members to even out the workload. Lam says one of their core values is respect but I've never been treated so poorly by my colleagues. Everyone is overwhelmed and stressed- so naturally they try to throw others under the bus. You really need to document every conversation you have, otherwise, people will try to blame you for everything. The pay is not great for the Bay Area. For the complexity and volume of work that I'm doing, I should at least be paid 90k.

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