Comfortable employment, but can be political - Assembler Lam Research Employee Review

4.0
Nov 28, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company definitely treats its employees well, especially with rewards for good work and workmanship The staff is very friendly for the most part, and very helpful There is opportunity to grow -- if you time your moves right

Cons

The atmosphere can be very political, and moving between departments or up in position requires a lot of momentum and politicking There can be a large disconnect between departments -- especially between manufacturing and "upstairs" in the offices

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Cons

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Pros

Good pay with decent benefits.

Cons

Highly toxic in certain (not all) business units. Directors and above held to far lower standards than employees. I received a lot of abuse from my manager and when I reacted, she used it against me over the course of five years, resulting in my launching an ER investigation upon which resulted in my termination. (They weren't even adult enough to tell me I was being fired; I found out by accident when I received a termination paycheck). Would love to recommend, but would never recommend Lam based on the treatment I got from my entire leadership chain over a five year period. PS, pretty sure retaliation of this nature is against the law; looking into it.

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