Honest perspective - Assembly Technician Lam Research Employee Review

4.0
23 Jun 2023
Recommend
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Pros

+Competitive pay +Career advancement opportunities +Great employee benefits +Great principals/core values +Fairly good communication from the upper echelon +Training opportunities +Work social events and team building (Day shift experience) +Travel and remote job opportunities

Cons

+Bureaucratic upper management structure +Lack of accountability +Favoritism, affinity bias, and halo effect can be observed regularly +Disorganized implimentation of new procedures +I question whether some of the safety policies are in place for the companies liability purposes and not necessarily out of concern for employees health and well being. +During slow business periods (semiconductor market fluctuates frequently) Lam lays off the temporary employees and Returning full Time (RFT) employees that. do not perform to their standards +During slow periods there is limited growth opportunities

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Cons

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1.0
25 Jun 2026
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Pros

Opportunities to support global activities

Cons

Heavy micromanagement — frequent revisions on ppt to minor details like font size and colors. Frequently calling staffs even after work hours and lunch time. Manager often takes on additional work from other teams without considering current team workload, So the manager appears supportive and “nice” externally but creates additional burden to the subordinates. Manager controls team budget strictly for team-building activities (events and meals), team members feel restrictive and reluctant to participate, for example team members dare not order appetizers, dessert or drinks on top of entrees during team events. Manager used up most of the travel budget. Biz trip and personal travel boundaries are unclear, especially when manager frequently has business trips overlaps with personal travel. Seems like manager using biz trip to get free hotel and free air tickets for PTO.

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