Job is secure until it isn't - Test Technician Lam Research Employee Review

1.0
31 Jan 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Ok pay -Guaranteed overtime pay -Actual employees on the floor are pretty cool most of the time -Benifits -Free shoes

Cons

-Pay is never adjusted to what is actually fair IF at all -People in leadership positions often make less than the people they are in charge of since Lam doesn't raise your pay unless you fight tooth and nail and they generally hire new people at higher rates just to get them in the door. -HR doesn't care unless it's something political in nature -Management is awful- always in meetings or just never where you need them and then they descend in masses and you always end up with too many in charge and not enough people fixing the problem -Pass down from shift to shift is god awful and tons of problems stem from this alone. -You don't have time to get a decent meal -Employees aren't motivated because there is no one holding them accountable -Blame game is huge in the culture -Different shifts are like rival gangs -Lazy incompetent leadership at all levels

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Cons

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Pros

Opportunities to support global activities

Cons

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