Sr. Buyer - Anonymous employee Lam Research Employee Review

4.0
Sep 17, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great place to work, total benefits and room for advancement and growing in your field of endeavor. One of the best firms in Silicon Valley to be at.

Cons

Down cycles in the industry can be brutal and may result in layoffs. The tool companies are the first to feel a down turn with cancelled orders or deferred deliveries and are always the last to recover because companies are cautious about investing in new spending on Capital Equipment.

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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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