Stingy Company/Unrealistic Expectations - Anonymous employee Lam Research Employee Review

2.0
May 29, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Smart, knowledgeable, honest, hardworking Engineers.

Cons

Management does not like to spend money but will spend just enough to stay competitive. Without promotion good luck getting more than a 3% raise per year; hardly enough to keep up with the rate of inflation or the expensiveness of the Bay Area. This is a company that tries to do more with less. Meaning more work for the employees with less resources and less pay.

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2.0
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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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